conscience

/ˈkɒn.ʃəns/

//ˈkɒn.ʃəns// noun

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"conscience" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“conscience” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,547. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,547
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The ethical or moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions.

Corpus desk

Index EN-conscience · conscience · English

conscience · rank #7,547 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,547
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH concentrated

Nearest frequency peer: concentrated (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “conscience”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “conscience” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for conscience
PropertyValue
Headwordconscience
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkɒn.ʃəns/
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,547
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “conscience”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).consciencelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “concentrated” (#7,546), “cooler” (#7,548), “commissioned” (#7,545). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “conscience” is #7,547. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around conscience (IPA /ˈkɒn.ʃəns/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,547 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for conscience, with forms such as "cconscience", "cnoscience", and "concsience". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English conscience, from Old French conscience, from Latin conscientia (“knowledge within oneself”), from consciens, present participle of conscire (“to know, to be conscious (of wrong)”), from com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”). The correct English form is conscience, spelled C-O-N-S-C-I-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The ethical or moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions.
  2. 2
    A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.
  3. 3
    Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how conscience appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Your conscience is your highest authority.
  2. 1949, Albert Einstein, as quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist, Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it.

Etymology

From Middle English conscience, from Old French conscience, from Latin conscientia (“knowledge within oneself”), from consciens, present participle of conscire (“to know, to be conscious (of wrong)”), from com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”).

This word in other languages

conciencia(Español)conscience(Français)Gewissen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconscience
  • cnoscience
  • concsience
  • connscience
  • consccience
  • consceince
  • consciance
  • consciecne
  • consciencce
  • conscienec
  • consciennce
  • conscinece
  • consicence
  • consscience
  • cosncience
  • ocnscience

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conscience - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cconscience1cnoscience2concsience2connscience1consccience1consceince2consciance1consciecne2
Edit distance from "conscience"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "conscience"?
"conscience" is spelled C-O-N-S-C-I-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkɒn.ʃəns/.
What does "conscience" mean?
As a noun, "conscience" means: The ethical or moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions.
What are common misspellings of "conscience"?
Common misspellings include "cconscience", "cnoscience", "concsience", "connscience", "consccience". The correct spelling is "conscience".
How do you pronounce "conscience"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conscience" is /ˈkɒn.ʃəns/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "conscience"?
From Middle English conscience, from Old French conscience, from Latin conscientia (“knowledge within oneself”), from consciens, present participle of conscire (“to know, to be conscious (of wrong)”), from com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "conscience", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list