conjecture
French, noun
conjecture is spelled C-O-N-J-E-C-T-U-R-E (10 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 27,734th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conjecture is a French feminine noun meaning “conjecture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of conjecturer. With an accent, conjecturé is a different word: “past participle of conjecturer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jugement probable, opinion que l’on fonde sur des apparences”.
What does conjecture mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconjecture
Near-synonyms: hypothèse, supputation
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of conjecturer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jugement probable, opinion que l’on fonde sur des apparences. 2. Énoncé non démontré mais qui semble plausible, car vérifié sur un grand nombre d’exemples, ou démontré sous des hypothèses supplémentaires.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of conjecture
- conjectures plural
- conjecturée feminine
- conjecturés masculine plural
- conjecturées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to conjecture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conjecture in French?
conjecture appears 1.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).