conseille

\kɔ̃.sɛj\

/\kɔ̃.sɛj\/ verb

The verdict

“conseille” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,060. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,060
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de conseiller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-conseille · conseille · French

conseille · rank #4,060 · 11 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,060
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conférences

Nearest frequency peer: conférences (-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 « conseille »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « conseille » 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).

conseille vs conseils
78% similar
conseille vs corneille
78% similar
conseille vs corbeille
78% similar

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

Key facts for conseille
PropertyValue
Headwordconseille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.sɛj\
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,060
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « conseille »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.conseillese 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 « conférences » (#4,059), « considérée » (#4,061), « constitué » (#4,062). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « conseille » est au #4,060. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around conseille (IPA \kɔ̃.sɛj\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,060 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for conseille, with forms such as "cconseille", "cnoseille", and "conesille". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "conseils", "corneille", "corbeille", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is conseille, spelled C-O-N-S-E-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de conseiller.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de conseiller.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de conseiller.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de conseiller.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de conseiller.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Si vous souhaitez vous poser des strass dentaires, je conseille vivement de passer par des professionnels pour vous assurer que les produits utilisés sont réglementés en Europe », confie Nour, orthodontiste à Malakoff (Hauts-de-Seine), qui souhaite que chacune et chacun reste, face à cette mode, pru… dent.
  2. Il conseille d’arracher et de détruire les bananiers atteints, de fourchetter et de chauler fortement le sol avant replantation.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconseille
  • cnoseille
  • conesille
  • connseille
  • conseile
  • conseilel
  • conselile
  • consielle
  • consseille
  • cosneille
  • ocnseille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conseille - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cconseille1cnoseille2conesille2connseille1conseile1conseilel2conselile2consielle2
Edit distance from "conseille"

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 "conseille"?
"conseille" is spelled C-O-N-S-E-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sɛj\.
What does "conseille" mean?
As a verb, "conseille" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de conseiller.
What words are commonly confused with "conseille"?
"conseille" is commonly confused with "conseils", "corneille", "corbeille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conseille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conseille" is \kɔ̃.sɛj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conseille" come from?
"conseille" 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 "conseille", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list