conseiller

\kɔ̃.sɛ.je\

/\kɔ̃.sɛ.je\/ noun

The verdict

“conseiller” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,623. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,623
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui conseille quelqu’un, qui donne des avis.

Corpus desk

Index FR-conseiller · conseiller · French

conseiller · rank #1,623 · 13 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,623
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH classement

Nearest frequency peer: classement (-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 « conseiller »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « conseiller » 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).

conseiller vs conseillez
90% similar
conseiller vs conseilles
90% similar
conseiller vs conseillers
91% similar

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

Key facts for conseiller
PropertyValue
Headwordconseiller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.sɛ.je\
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,623
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « conseiller »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).conseillerse 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 « classement » (#1,622), « docteur » (#1,624), « bruit » (#1,621). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « conseiller » est au #1,623. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around conseiller (IPA \kɔ̃.sɛ.je\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,623 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for conseiller, with forms such as "cconseiller", "cnoseiller", and "conesiller". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "conseillez", "conseilles", "conseillers", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is conseiller, spelled C-O-N-S-E-I-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui conseille quelqu’un, qui donne des avis.
  2. 2
    Personne dont le métier est de servir de guide ou d’assister une ou plusieurs autres personnes dans certains domaines.
  3. 3
    Personne faisant partie d’un conseil institué.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est ma confidente, ma conseillère.
  2. La colère est mauvaise 'conseillère.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconseiller
  • cnoseiller
  • conesiller
  • connseiller
  • conseilelr
  • conseiler
  • conseillerr
  • conseillre
  • conseliler
  • consieller
  • consseiller
  • cosneiller
  • ocnseiller

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconseiller1cnoseiller2conesiller2connseiller1conseilelr2conseiler1conseillerr1conseillre2
Edit distance from "conseiller"

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 "conseiller"?
"conseiller" is spelled C-O-N-S-E-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sɛ.je\.
What does "conseiller" mean?
As a noun, "conseiller" means: Celui qui conseille quelqu’un, qui donne des avis.
What words are commonly confused with "conseiller"?
"conseiller" is commonly confused with "conseillez", "conseilles", "conseillers". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conseiller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conseiller" is \kɔ̃.sɛ.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conseiller" come from?
"conseiller" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list