conflict

\ˈkɒn.flɪkt\

/\ˈkɒn.flɪkt\/ noun

The verdict

“conflict” is uncommon French (frequency #58,516 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,516
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conflit.

Key facts for conflict
PropertyValue
Headwordconflict
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkɒn.flɪkt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#58,516
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “conflict” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). conflict lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

conflict is uncommon French at frequency #58,516 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkɒn.flɪkt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conflit.".

conflict doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is conflict, spelled C-O-N-F-L-I-C-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conflit.

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 "conflict"?
"conflict" is spelled C-O-N-F-L-I-C-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkɒn.flɪkt\.
What does "conflict" mean?
As a noun, "conflict" means: Conflit.
How do you pronounce "conflict"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conflict" is \ˈkɒn.flɪkt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conflict" come from?
"conflict" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “conflict”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-F-L-I-C-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ˈkɒn.flɪkt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list