conques

\kɔ̃k\

/\kɔ̃k\/ noun

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The verdict

“conques” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,390. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,390
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de conque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-conques · conques · French

conques · rank #44,390 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,390
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conquiert

Nearest frequency peer: conquiert (+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 « conques »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « conques » 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).

conques vs coque
71% similar
conques vs contes
71% similar
conques vs coques
86% similar

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

Key facts for conques
PropertyValue
Headwordconques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃k\
Letters7
Frequency rank#44,390
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « conques »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).conquesse 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 « conquiert » (#44,391), « confisque » (#44,388), « consacrera » (#44,392). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « conques » est au #44,390. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around conques (IPA \kɔ̃k\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,390 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de conque.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for conques, with forms such as "cconques", "cnoques", and "connques". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "coque", "contes", "coques", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is conques, spelled C-O-N-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de conque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tard dans la soirée du vendredi, les conques des lambis avaient ululé de morne en morne et les crieurs avaient annoncé : « Billet d’enterrement de mussieu. Fête-Nat. Cocoville. Ou kallé tous à la veillée ! ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconques
  • cnoques
  • connques
  • conqeus
  • conqques
  • conquess
  • conquse
  • conuqes
  • coqnues
  • ocnques

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconques1cnoques2connques1conqeus2conqques1conquess1conquse2conuqes2
Edit distance from "conques"

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 "conques"?
"conques" is spelled C-O-N-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃k\.
What does "conques" mean?
As a noun, "conques" means: Pluriel de conque.
What words are commonly confused with "conques"?
"conques" is commonly confused with "coque", "contes", "coques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conques" is \kɔ̃k\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conques" come from?
"conques" 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 "conques", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

codéine#44,377Claudie#44,374cutanés#44,408chargez#44,365

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

causerie10 variantsbourrées10 variantsblondie10 variantsBarnier10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list