conférences
\kɔ̃.fe.ʁɑ̃s\
The verdict
“conférences” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,059. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,059
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de conférence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-conferences · conférences · French
conférences · rank #4,059 · 18 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,059
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH conseille
Nearest frequency peer: conseille (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “conférences”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- chrétien
chrétien
95,945 corpus weight
- compétence
compétence
95,944 corpus weight
- conférences
conférences
95,942 corpus weight
- conseille
conseille
95,941 corpus weight
- considérée
considérée
95,940 corpus weight
- constitué
constitué
95,939 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “conférences” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | conférences |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.fe.ʁɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #4,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “conférences” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around conférences (IPA \kɔ̃.fe.ʁɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,059 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de conférence.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for conférences, with forms such as "cconférences", "cnoférences", and "cofnérences". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "confidences", "conférencier", "convergences", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is conférences, spelled C-O-N-F-É-R-E-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de conférence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how conférences appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Marcel Jousse (1886-1961), SJ, est l’inventeur de la « rythmo-pédagogie » ; il commence ses « conférences libres » à la Sorbonne en 1931.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconférences
- cnoférences
- cofnérences
- conferences
- confférences
- confréences
- conféernces
- conférecnes
- conférencces
- conférencess
- conférencse
- conférenecs
- conférennces
- conférneces
- conférrences
- connférences
- conéfrences
- ocnférences
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conférences - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "conférences", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "conférences". Here's where to go from here.
- "conférences" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "confidences". View pair
- 18 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,059 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.