conserver

\kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\

/\kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\/ verb

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The verdict

“conserver” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,817. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,817
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maintenir en bon état ; apporter le soin nécessaire pour empêcher qu’une chose ne se gâte ou ne dépérisse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-conserver · conserver · French

conserver · rank #2,817 · 14 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,817
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH connaissances

Nearest frequency peer: connaissances (-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 « conserver »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « conserver » 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).

conserver vs conservés
78% similar
conserver vs converger
78% similar
conserver vs converser
78% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « conserver »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).conserverse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « connaissances » (#2,816), « deviennent » (#2,818), « communautés » (#2,815). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « conserver » est au #2,817. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around conserver (IPA \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,817 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for conserver, with forms such as "cconserver", "cnoserver", and "conesrver". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "conservés", "converger", "converser", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is conserver, spelled C-O-N-S-E-R-V-E-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un nouveau réservoir d’eau claire de 200 litres conservera l’eau, mieux que des barils de chêne.
  2. Cueillie avant sa complète maturité, la baie s’y conservera sans moisir […] affinant la saveur de sa pulpe qui affriande merles et grives mieux que cenelles d’épine blanche […]

This word in other languages

conserve(English)conservar(Español)bewahren(Deutsch)conservar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconserver
  • cnoserver
  • conesrver
  • connserver
  • conserevr
  • conserrver
  • conserverr
  • conservre
  • conservver
  • consevrer
  • consrever
  • consserver
  • cosnerver
  • ocnserver

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconserver1cnoserver2conesrver2connserver1conserevr2conserrver1conserverr1conservre2
Edit distance from "conserver"

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 "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'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 "conserver", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

cinquième#2,813Christian#2,812juridique#2,831multiples#2,840

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

gouverneur14 variantspoursuivre14 variantseuropéennes14 variantsélecteurs14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list