Which to use
“exclu” and “exclus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,393
- “exclu” frequency rank
- #9,828
- “exclus” frequency rank
- 16221
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exclu | exclus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | À qui l’on interdit. | Masculin pluriel de exclu. |
Same sound, different letters: exclu vs exclus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. exclu runs 5 letters (VCCCV) against exclus's 6 (VCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: exclu vs exclus
This is the hard kind. exclu and exclus are pronounced identically (\ɛks.kly\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “exclu” sits inside “exclus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16221, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exclu is recorded at frequency rank #6,393, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛks.kly\. exclus is at rank #9,828, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛks.kly\.
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 16221, this pair ranks #388,828 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exclu vs exclus
Shared letters: celux. Private to "exclu": -. Private to "exclus": s.
"exclu" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV · "exclus" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exclu" for "exclus" ever safe?
Which is more common, "exclu" or "exclus"?
Useful next steps
"exclu" and "exclus" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "exclu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exclus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #388,828 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exclu" and "exclus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écus vs exclus". 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 #388,828 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.