Which to use
“excluait” and “exclut” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,028
- “excluait” frequency rank
- #10,153
- “exclut” frequency rank
- 55181
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excluait | exclut |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de exclure. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de exclure. |
Where the eye mixes excluait and exclut
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. excluait runs 8 letters (VCCCVVVC) against exclut's 6 (VCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: excluait vs exclut
A purely visual mix-up. excluait (\ɛks.kly.ɛ\) and exclut (\ɛks.kly\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55181, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excluait is recorded at frequency rank #45,028, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛks.kly.ɛ\. exclut is at rank #10,153, tagged as averb, 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 55181, this pair ranks #129,130 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excluait vs exclut
Shared letters: celtux. Private to "excluait": ai. Private to "exclut": -.
"excluait" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC · "exclut" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "excluait" for "exclut" ever safe?
Which is more common, "excluait" or "exclut"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "excluait" and "exclut" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "excluait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exclut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #129,130 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excluait" and "exclut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excluait vs excluent". 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 #129,130 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.