conseil

Name: conseil, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\kɔ̃.sɛj\

/\kɔ̃.sɛj\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“conseil” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #352. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#352
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avis que l’on donne à quelqu’un sur ce qu’il doit faire ou ne pas faire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-conseil · conseil · French

conseil · rank #352 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

FREQ-CORE #352
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH 8

Nearest frequency peer: 8 (-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.

possible

99,652
projet

99,651
8

99,650
conseil

99,649
dernière

99,648
idée

99,647

What this shows « conseil » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

conseil vs consul

71% similar

conseil vs Corbeil

57% similar

conseil vs consent

71% similar

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

Key facts for conseil
Property	Value
Headword	conseil
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\kɔ̃.sɛj\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#352
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	7
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « conseil »

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

#352

#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 « 8 » (#351), « dernière » (#353), « projet » (#350). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « conseil » est au #352. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around conseil (IPA \kɔ̃.sɛj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #352 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for conseil, with forms such as "cconseil", "cnoseil", and "conesil". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "consul", "Corbeil", "consent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is conseil, spelled C-O-N-S-E-I-L.

Definition

1
Avis que l’on donne à quelqu’un sur ce qu’il doit faire ou ne pas faire.
2
Ce qui nous détermine à faire ou à ne pas faire quelque chose, en parlant des choses, des passions, etc., qui nous portent, qui nous animent.
3
Résolution, parti.
4
Vues, principes qui dirigent une personne.
5
Conseils évangéliques
6
Personne dont on prend conseil
7
Assemblée permanente ou réunion extraordinaire, instituée ou convoquée pour délibérer, pour donner son avis sur certaines matières.
8
Séances d’un conseil ; lieu où siège un conseil.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Par avance, il sait ce qu’il trouvera d’imparfait, de médiocre, de mal, d’immuable, en dépit des conseils, des admonestations ou reproches qu’il prodigue et ressasse à chaque inspection.
Une peste de psychologue, que mes parents m’avaient emmené voir sur le conseil d’une prof complètement tarée, avait parlé de « nonchaloir oriental » pour expliquer ces accès de paresse.

This word in other languages

suggestion(English)consejo(Español)Rat(Deutsch)conselho(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cconseil
cnoseil
conesil
connseil
conseill
conseli
consiel
consseil
cosneil
ocnseil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "conseil"

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 "conseil"?

"conseil" is spelled C-O-N-S-E-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sɛj\.

What does "conseil" mean?

As a noun, "conseil" means: Avis que l’on donne à quelqu’un sur ce qu’il doit faire ou ne pas faire.

What words are commonly confused with "conseil"?

"conseil" is commonly confused with "consul", "Corbeil", "consent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "conseil"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conseil" is \kɔ̃.sɛj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "conseil" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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