conçu

\kɔ̃.sy\

/\kɔ̃.sy\/ verb

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The verdict

“conçu” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,323. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,323
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de concevoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-concu · conçu · French

conçu · rank #3,323 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,323
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH convaincu

Nearest frequency peer: convaincu (-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 « conçu »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « conçu » 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).

conçu vs cou
60% similar
conçu vs cons
60% similar
conçu vs conf
60% similar

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

Key facts for conçu
PropertyValue
Headwordconçu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.sy\
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,323
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « conçu »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.conçuse 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 « convaincu » (#3,322), « Cousin » (#3,324), « différences » (#3,325). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « conçu » est au #3,323. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around conçu (IPA \kɔ̃.sy\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,323 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de concevoir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for conçu, with forms such as "cconçu", "cnoçu", and "concu". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cou", "cons", "conf", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is conçu, spelled C-O-N-Ç-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de concevoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tous ! venez tous, enfants de ma pensée austère, Forces, grâces, splendeurs du ciel et de la terre ; Dites-moi si mon cœur est près de se tarir : Monde que j’ai conçu, dis-moi s’il faut mourir !
  2. Ils y avaient conçu leur nid, fécondé leur couche, défriché un brûlot hostile, décaillassé d’impossibles parcelles, dressé des terrasses, inventé des règles de survie…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconçu
  • cnoçu
  • concu
  • connçu
  • conuç
  • coçnu
  • ocnçu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconçu1cnoçu2concu1connçu1conuç2coçnu2ocnçu2
Edit distance from "conçu"

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 "conçu"?
"conçu" is spelled C-O-N-Ç-U. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sy\.
What does "conçu" mean?
As a verb, "conçu" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de concevoir.
What words are commonly confused with "conçu"?
"conçu" is commonly confused with "cou", "cons", "conf". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conçu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conçu" is \kɔ̃.sy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conçu" come from?
"conçu" 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 "conçu", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

drame#3,326fallu#3,331frank#3,334major#3,340

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Cousin7 variantsavenue7 variantsSarah7 variantssable7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list