conseil

/\kɔ̃.sɛj\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#352

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

conseil is aFrenchnoun. It means: Avis que l’on donne à quelqu’un sur ce qu’il doit faire ou ne pas faire. Pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛj\. It ranks #352 in French word frequency. Often confused with consul and Corbeil.

Key facts for conseil
PropertyValue
Headwordconseil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.sɛj\
Letters7
Frequency rank#352
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of conseil in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for conseil is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.sɛj\. Corpus data places it at rank #352 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for conseil, with forms such as "cconseil", "cnoseil", and "conesil". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is conseil, spelled C-O-N-S-E-I-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconseil,cnoseil,conesil,connseil,conseill,conseli,consiel,consseil,cosneil,ocnseil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for conseil

Misspelling Variants of "conseil"

cconseil8cnoseil7conesil7connseil8conseill8conseli7consiel7consseil8
Misspelling Variants of "conseil"

Frequency rank: #352 in French

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?
"conseil" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.