conserver

/\kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,817

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

conserver is aFrenchverb. It means: Maintenir en bon état ; apporter le soin nécessaire pour empêcher qu’une chose ne se gâte ou ne dépérisse. Pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\. It ranks #2,817 in French word frequency. Often confused with conservés and converger.

Key facts for conserver
PropertyValue
Headwordconserver
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,817
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for conserver is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,817 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for conserver, with forms such as "cconserver", "cnoserver", and "conesrver". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "conservés", "converger", "converser", 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 conserver, spelled C-O-N-S-E-R-V-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maintenir en bon état ; apporter le soin nécessaire pour empêcher qu’une chose ne se gâte ou ne dépérisse.
  2. 2
    Maintenir dans un certain état.
  3. 3
    Ne pas perdre, empêcher qu’une personne ou qu’une chose ne périsse.
  4. 4
    Assurer sa longévité en prenant beaucoup de soin de sa santé.
  5. 5
    Garder quelque chose, ne pas s’en défaire, ne pas y renoncer.
  6. 6
    Ne pas perdre ce qu’on a ; ne pas en être dépossédé ou privé.
  7. 7
    Conserver l’écoute : rester en ligne (au téléphone) ; quelques fois utilisé de manière intransitive.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconserver,cnoserver,conesrver,connserver,conserevr,conserrver,conserverr,conservre,conservver,consevrer,consrever,consserver,cosnerver,ocnserver

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for conserver

Misspelling Variants of "conserver"

cconserver10cnoserver9conesrver9connserver10conserevr9conserrver10conserverr10conservre9
Misspelling Variants of "conserver"

Frequency rank: #2,817 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "conserver"?
"conserver" is spelled C-O-N-S-E-R-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\.
What does "conserver" mean?
As a verb, "conserver" means: Maintenir en bon état ; apporter le soin nécessaire pour empêcher qu’une chose ne se gâte ou ne dépérisse.
What words are commonly confused with "conserver"?
"conserver" is commonly confused with "conservés", "converger", "converser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conserver"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conserver" is \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conserver" come from?
"conserver" 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.