Which to use
“exclue” and “exclues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,469
- “exclue” frequency rank
- #24,966
- “exclues” frequency rank
- 39435
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exclue | exclues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de exclu. | Féminin pluriel de exclu. |
Same sound, different letters: exclue vs exclues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. exclue runs 6 letters (VCCCVV) against exclues's 7 (VCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - exclue and exclues
This is the hard kind. exclue and exclues 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) - “exclue” sits inside “exclues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39435, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exclue is recorded at frequency rank #14,469, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛks.kly\. exclues is at rank #24,966, 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 39435, this pair ranks #247,992 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exclue vs exclues
Shared letters: celux. Private to "exclue": -. Private to "exclues": s.
"exclue" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVV · "exclues" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exclue" for "exclues" ever safe?
Frequency check: "exclue" vs "exclues" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "exclue" / "exclues". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "exclue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exclues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #247,992 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exclue" and "exclues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exclue vs exilée". 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 #247,992 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.