conquérir

\kɔ̃.ke.ʁiʁ\

/\kɔ̃.ke.ʁiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“conquérir” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,827. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,827
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acquérir par les armes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-conquerir · conquérir · French

conquérir · rank #8,827 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,827
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH congés

Nearest frequency peer: congés (-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 « conquérir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « conquérir » 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
Key facts for conquérir
PropertyValue
Headwordconquérir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.ke.ʁiʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,827
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « conquérir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).conquérirse 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 « congés » (#8,826), « conservatoire » (#8,828), « confession » (#8,825). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « conquérir » est au #8,827. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around conquérir (IPA \kɔ̃.ke.ʁiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,827 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for conquérir, with forms such as "cconquérir", "cnoquérir", and "connquérir". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is conquérir, spelled C-O-N-Q-U-É-R-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acquérir par les armes.
  2. 2
    Gagner par la persuasion, l'exemple, le charme etc.
  3. 3
    Acquérir par l’effort.
  4. 4
    Conquérir sur quelque chose : gagner sur quelque chose par une action comparée à une conquête.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si vous l’eussiez voulu, pour vous, j’aurais pu conquérir des royaumes.
  2. La ferme Navarin, les buttes de Souain, du mont Muret, de Tahure et du Mesnil, les villages de Tahure, Ripont, Rouvroy, Cernay-en-Dormois, Servon-Melzicourt, organisés en points d'appui et opiniâtrement défendus par l'ennemi, ont été conquis de haute lutte dans la première journée de la bataille.

This word in other languages

conquer(English)conquistar(Español)erobern(Deutsch)conquistar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconquérir
  • cnoquérir
  • connquérir
  • conqquérir
  • conquerir
  • conquréir
  • conquéirr
  • conquérirr
  • conquérri
  • conquérrir
  • conqéurir
  • conuqérir
  • coqnuérir
  • ocnquérir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conquérir - 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.

cconquérir1cnoquérir2connquérir1conqquérir1conquerir1conquréir2conquéirr2conquérirr1
Edit distance from "conquérir"

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 "conquérir"?
"conquérir" is spelled C-O-N-Q-U-É-R-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.ke.ʁiʁ\.
What does "conquérir" mean?
As a verb, "conquérir" means: Acquérir par les armes.
What are common misspellings of "conquérir"?
Common misspellings include "cconquérir", "cnoquérir", "connquérir", "conqquérir", "conquerir". The correct spelling is "conquérir".
How do you pronounce "conquérir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conquérir" is \kɔ̃.ke.ʁiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conquérir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

excellents14 variantsimprimerie14 variantslimitation14 variantsrestreint14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list