Which to use
“excluent” is a verb and “exclues” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,164
- “excluent” frequency rank
- #24,966
- “exclues” frequency rank
- 53130
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excluent | exclues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exclure. | Féminin pluriel de exclu. |
Same sound, different letters: excluent vs exclues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - excluent and exclues
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: excluent and exclues carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛks.kly\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53130, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excluent is recorded at frequency rank #28,164, classified as averb, 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 53130, this pair ranks #142,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excluent vs exclues
Shared letters: celux. Private to "excluent": nt. Private to "exclues": s.
"excluent" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCC · "exclues" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "excluent" for "exclues" ever safe?
Frequency check: "excluent" vs "exclues" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "excluent" 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 #142,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excluent" and "exclues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excluent vs excusent". 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 #142,854 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.