conjecture

\kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ\

/\kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“conjecture” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,747. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,747
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jugement probable, opinion que l’on fonde sur des apparences.

Corpus desk

Index FR-conjecture · conjecture · French

conjecture · rank #27,747 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,747
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH confia

Nearest frequency peer: confia (-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 « conjecture »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « conjecture » 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).

conjecture vs conjoncture
82% similar
conjecture vs conjectures
91% similar

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

Key facts for conjecture
PropertyValue
Headwordconjecture
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#27,747
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « conjecture »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).conjecturese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « confia » (#27,746), « conscription » (#27,748), « condos » (#27,745). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « conjecture » est au #27,747. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around conjecture (IPA \kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,747 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for conjecture, with forms such as "cconjecture", "cnojecture", and "cojnecture". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "conjoncture", "conjectures", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is conjecture, spelled C-O-N-J-E-C-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jugement probable, opinion que l’on fonde sur des apparences.
  2. 2
    Énoncé non démontré mais qui semble plausible, car vérifié sur un grand nombre d’exemples, ou démontré sous des hypothèses supplémentaires.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les cent millions que lui accordait Süssmilch, et les évaluations de Raynal, ne sont et ne pouvaient être que des conjectures, vu l’époque où ces auteurs écrivaient.
  2. Au reste, l’événement seulement fit naître ces conjectures toutes insolubles.

Synonyms

hypothèsepostulat

This word in other languages

guess(English)conjetura(Español)Vermutung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconjecture
  • cnojecture
  • cojnecture
  • conejcture
  • conjceture
  • conjeccture
  • conjectrue
  • conjectture
  • conjectuer
  • conjecturre
  • conjecutre
  • conjetcure
  • conjjecture
  • connjecture
  • ocnjecture

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conjecture - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cconjecture1cnojecture2cojnecture2conejcture2conjceture2conjeccture1conjectrue2conjectture1
Edit distance from "conjecture"

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 "conjecture"?
"conjecture" is spelled C-O-N-J-E-C-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ\.
What does "conjecture" mean?
As a noun, "conjecture" means: Jugement probable, opinion que l’on fonde sur des apparences.
What words are commonly confused with "conjecture"?
"conjecture" is commonly confused with "conjoncture", "conjectures". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conjecture"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conjecture" is \kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conjecture" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

contaminer#27,750complétées#27,741commentant#27,739commandait#27,738

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

colocataire15 variantsdésastres15 variantsfleurissent15 variantsacquièrent15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list