concept

\kɔ̃.sɛpt\

/\kɔ̃.sɛpt\/ noun

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The verdict

“concept” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,733. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,733
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Idée abstraite et générale ; abstraction.

Corpus desk

Index FR-concept · concept · French

concept · rank #1,733 · 11 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,733
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH commentaires

Nearest frequency peer: commentaires (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « concept »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « concept » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

concept vs conçut
57% similar
concept vs content
71% similar
concept vs concert
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « concept »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.conceptse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « commentaires » (#1,732), « disposition » (#1,734), « civile » (#1,731). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « concept » est au #1,733. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around concept (IPA \kɔ̃.sɛpt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,733 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for concept, with forms such as "cconcept", "cnocept", and "cocnept". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is concept, spelled C-O-N-C-E-P-T.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En tant que concept politique, l’État-nation se caractérise par une autorité à base territoriale, et non par des conceptions universalistes, extra-territoriales.
  2. Le drame ivoirien mêle inextricablement ces deux dimensions et a abouti à partir de la tentative d’instauration du concept d’« ivoirité » à une coupure du pays en deux et à une situation de guerre civile.

Synonyms

connaissanceidéenotionspécimen

This word in other languages

concept(English)concepto(Español)Auffassung(Deutsch)conceito(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconcept
  • cnocept
  • cocnept
  • conccept
  • conceppt
  • conceptt
  • concetp
  • concpet
  • conecpt
  • conncept
  • ocncept

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of concept - 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.

cconcept1cnocept2cocnept2conccept1conceppt1conceptt1concetp2concpet2
Edit distance from "concept"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

députés#1,735cerveau#1,730humains#1,738montant#1,744

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

bordeaux11 variantssouvenir11 variantsdomicile11 variantsproches11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list