Which to use
“excluent” is a verb and “exclus” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,164
- “excluent” frequency rank
- #9,828
- “exclus” frequency rank
- 37992
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excluent | exclus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exclure. | Masculin pluriel de exclu. |
Same sound, different letters: excluent vs exclus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. excluent runs 8 letters (VCCCVVCC) against exclus's 6 (VCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - excluent and exclus
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: excluent and exclus 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37992, 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\. 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 37992, this pair ranks #258,483 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excluent vs exclus
Shared letters: celux. Private to "excluent": nt. Private to "exclus": s.
"excluent" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCC · "exclus" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "excluent" for "exclus" ever safe?
Which is more common, "excluent" or "exclus"?
After this comparison
"excluent" and "exclus" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "excluent" 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 #258,483 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excluent" and "exclus" 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 #258,483 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.