incluevsinclusWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: inclue is a verb, inclus is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#38,359
“inclue” frequency rank
#5,145
“inclus” frequency rank
43504
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inclue inclus
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de inclure. Contenu, compris, inséré dans, fourni avec.

Same sound, different letters: inclue vs inclus

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. inclue (VCCCVV) and inclus (VCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
inclue
6 ch
inclus

Homophone desk: inclue vs inclus

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: inclue and inclus carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.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 a single letter - e in “inclue” becomes s in “inclus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43504, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inclue is recorded at frequency rank #38,359, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.kly\. inclus is at rank #5,145, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.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 43504, this pair ranks #217,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of inclue vs inclus

Shared letters: cilnu. Private to "inclue": e. Private to "inclus": s.

"inclue" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVV  ·  "inclus" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • inclue ← icnlue · incclue · incleu · incllue · incule · inlcue · innclue · niclue
  • inclus ← icnlus · incclus · incllus · inclsu · incluss · inculs · inlcus · innclus

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "inclue" for "inclus" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "inclue" is a verb and "inclus" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "inclue" vs "inclus" - which ranks higher?
"inclus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,145 in our French list, against #38,359 for "inclue". 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 "inclue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "inclus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #217,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inclue" and "inclus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inclue vs income". 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 #217,559 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