excluesvsexclutTell them apart

Quick tell: exclues is a adjective, exclut is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“exclues” is an adjective and “exclut” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,966
“exclues” frequency rank
#10,153
“exclut” frequency rank
35119
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exclues exclut
Definition Féminin pluriel de exclu. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de exclure.

Same sound, different letters: exclues vs exclut

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. exclues runs 7 letters (VCCCVVC) against exclut's 6 (VCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
exclues
6 ch
exclut

Ear matches; page differs - exclues and exclut

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: exclues and exclut carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛks.kly\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, 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 35119, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exclues is recorded at frequency rank #24,966, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛks.kly\. 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 35119, this pair ranks #279,035 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exclues vs exclut

Shared letters: celux. Private to "exclues": s. Private to "exclut": t.

"exclues" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC  ·  "exclut" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exclues ← ecxlues · excclues · excleus · excllues · excluess · excluse · excules · exlcues
  • exclut ← ecxlut · excclut · excllut · excltu · exclutt · excult · exlcut · exxclut

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exclues" and "exclut" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "exclues" is an adjective and "exclut" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "exclues" or "exclut"?
"exclut" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,153 in our French list, against #24,966 for "exclues". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exclues" 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 #279,035 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exclues" and "exclut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évolués vs exclues". 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 #279,035 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list