conjugal

\kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡal\

/\kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡal\/ adj

The verdict

“conjugal” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,270. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,270
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne l’union entre les époux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-conjugal · conjugal · French

conjugal · rank #21,270 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,270
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH confiées

Nearest frequency peer: confiées (-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 « conjugal »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « conjugal » 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).

conjugal vs conjugue
75% similar
conjugal vs conjugale
89% similar
conjugal vs conjugaux
78% similar

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

Key facts for conjugal
PropertyValue
Headwordconjugal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡal\
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,270
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « conjugal »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).conjugalse 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 « confiées » (#21,269), « connaisseurs » (#21,271), « comptons » (#21,268). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « conjugal » est au #21,270. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around conjugal (IPA \kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,270 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui concerne l’union entre les époux.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for conjugal, with forms such as "cconjugal", "cnojugal", and "cojnugal". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "conjugue", "conjugale", "conjugaux", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is conjugal, spelled C-O-N-J-U-G-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui concerne l’union entre les époux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vous croyez qu'ils vécurent heureux et que tout se termina là ; mais une fois plongé dans les douceurs de la vie conjugale, le beau Lautrec n'est plus qu'un mari vulgaire...
  2. Nous connaissons déjà les noces d’argent, d’or et de diamant : de l'autre coté de l’Atlantique, où, par suite de la facilité du divorce, les longs mariages sont plus rares, la mode, à présent, est de célébrer, dès après dix ans de vie conjugale, ses noces d'étain.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconjugal
  • cnojugal
  • cojnugal
  • conjgual
  • conjjugal
  • conjuagl
  • conjugall
  • conjuggal
  • conjugla
  • connjugal
  • conujgal
  • ocnjugal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conjugal - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cconjugal1cnojugal2cojnugal2conjgual2conjjugal1conjuagl2conjugall1conjuggal1
Edit distance from "conjugal"

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 "conjugal"?
"conjugal" is spelled C-O-N-J-U-G-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡal\.
What does "conjugal" mean?
As an adjective, "conjugal" means: Qui concerne l’union entre les époux.
What words are commonly confused with "conjugal"?
"conjugal" is commonly confused with "conjugue", "conjugale", "conjugaux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conjugal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conjugal" is \kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conjugal" come from?
"conjugal" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list