Which to use
“exclame” and “exclure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,403
- “exclame” frequency rank
- #9,004
- “exclure” frequency rank
- 41407
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exclame | exclure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exclamer. | Renvoyer, retrancher quelqu’un d’une société, d’un corps où il avait été admis. |
Where the eye mixes exclame and exclure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. exclame and exclure follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: exclame vs exclure
A purely visual mix-up. exclame (\ɛk.sklam\) and exclure (\ɛk.sklyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41407, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exclame is recorded at frequency rank #32,403, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.sklam\. exclure is at rank #9,004, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.sklyʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 41407, this pair ranks #233,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exclame vs exclure
Shared letters: celx. Private to "exclame": am. Private to "exclure": ru.
"exclame" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "exclure" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exclame" and "exclure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "exclame" or "exclure"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "exclame" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exclure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #233,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exclame" and "exclure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enclume vs exclame". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #233,332 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.