concept

/\kɔ̃.sɛpt\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,733

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

concept is aFrenchnoun. It means: Idée abstraite et générale ; abstraction. Pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛpt\. It ranks #1,733 in French word frequency. Often confused with conçut and content.

Key facts for concept
PropertyValue
Headwordconcept
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.sɛpt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,733
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of concept in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for concept is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.sɛpt\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,733 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for concept, with forms such as "cconcept", "cnocept", and "cocnept". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "conçut", "content", "concert", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is concept, spelled C-O-N-C-E-P-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Idée abstraite et générale ; abstraction.
  2. 2
    Idée générale de quelque chose
  3. 3
    Vue de l’esprit, idée qu’on se fait d’une chose en la détachant de son objet réel.
  4. 4
    Personne étrange, sortant du lot.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconcept,cnocept,cocnept,conccept,conceppt,conceptt,concetp,concpet,conecpt,conncept,ocncept

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for concept

Misspelling Variants of "concept"

cconcept8cnocept7cocnept7conccept8conceppt8conceptt8concetp7concpet7
Misspelling Variants of "concept"

Frequency rank: #1,733 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "concept"?
"concept" is spelled C-O-N-C-E-P-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sɛpt\.
What does "concept" mean?
As a noun, "concept" means: Idée abstraite et générale ; abstraction.
What words are commonly confused with "concept"?
"concept" is commonly confused with "conçut", "content", "concert". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "concept"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "concept" is \kɔ̃.sɛpt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "concept" come from?
"concept" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.