Which to use
“incline” and “inclure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,151
- “incline” frequency rank
- #8,409
- “inclure” frequency rank
- 24560
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incline | inclure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de incliner. | Enfermer ; insérer. |
Where the eye mixes incline and inclure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. incline and inclure follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between incline and inclure
A purely visual mix-up. incline (\ɛ̃.klin\) and inclure (\ɛ̃.klyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24560, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incline is recorded at frequency rank #16,151, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.klin\. inclure is at rank #8,409, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.klyʁ\.
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 24560, this pair ranks #345,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of incline vs inclure
Shared letters: ceiln. Private to "incline": -. Private to "inclure": ru.
"incline" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "inclure" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "incline" for "inclure" ever safe?
Frequency check: "incline" vs "inclure" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "incline" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inclure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incline" and "inclure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inclure vs inculture". 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 #345,920 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.