conseils

\kɔ̃.sɛj\

/\kɔ̃.sɛj\/ noun

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The verdict

“conseils” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,557. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,557
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-conseils · conseils · French

conseils · rank #1,557 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,557
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH communes

Nearest frequency peer: communes (-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 « conseils »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « conseils » 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).

conseils vs consuls
75% similar
conseils vs conseil
88% similar
conseils vs conseille
78% similar

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

Key facts for conseils
PropertyValue
Headwordconseils
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.sɛj\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,557
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « conseils »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).conseilsse 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 « communes » (#1,556), « contenu » (#1,558), « catégorie » (#1,555). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « conseils » est au #1,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around conseils (IPA \kɔ̃.sɛj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,557 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de conseil.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for conseils, with forms such as "cconseils", "cnoseils", and "conesils". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "consuls", "conseil", "conseille", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 conseils, spelled C-O-N-S-E-I-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de conseil.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Se venger, les tuer ! La violence naturelle à son tempérament sanguin lui dicta les pires conseils.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconseils
  • cnoseils
  • conesils
  • connseils
  • conseills
  • conseilss
  • conseisl
  • conselis
  • consiels
  • consseils
  • cosneils
  • ocnseils

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conseils - 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.

cconseils1cnoseils2conesils2connseils1conseills1conseilss1conseisl2conselis2
Edit distance from "conseils"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

communes#1,556prennent#1,570signifie#1,576sociales#1,577

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

religieux12 variantsquotidien12 variantsdistance12 variantscitoyens12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list