conspiration

\kɔ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“conspiration” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,551. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,551
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entente secrète entre plusieurs personnes, par exemple contre l’État et les pouvoirs publics, ou contre toute autre organisation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-conspiration · conspiration · French

conspiration · rank #11,551 · 18 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,551
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH consoles

Nearest frequency peer: consoles (-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 « conspiration »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « conspiration » 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).

conspiration vs constipation
83% similar
conspiration vs conspirations
92% similar
conspiration vs consécration
83% similar

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

Key facts for conspiration
PropertyValue
Headwordconspiration
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#11,551
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « conspiration »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).conspirationse 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 « consoles » (#11,550), « contribuable » (#11,552), « conservant » (#11,549). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « conspiration » est au #11,551. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around conspiration (IPA \kɔ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,551 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Entente secrète entre plusieurs personnes, par exemple contre l’État et les pouvoirs publics, ou contre toute autre organisation.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for conspiration, with forms such as "cconspiration", "cnospiration", and "connspiration". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "constipation", "conspirations", "consécration", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is conspiration, spelled C-O-N-S-P-I-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Entente secrète entre plusieurs personnes, par exemple contre l’État et les pouvoirs publics, ou contre toute autre organisation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Après les premiers refus, il avait souri, hautain et méprisant ; mais à présent qu’il soupçonnait l’entente secrète et flairait la conspiration, il ne décolérait plus.
  2. Dissous ton chapitre et retire-toi avec tes compagnons dans une autre préceptorerie, si tu peux en trouver une qui n’ait pas été le théâtre d’une conspiration perfide contre le roi d’Angleterre.

Synonyms

complotconjurationcabaleintriguemachination

This word in other languages

conspiracy(English)conspiración(Español)Verschwörung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconspiration
  • cnospiration
  • connspiration
  • conpsiration
  • consipration
  • conspiartion
  • conspiraiton
  • conspiratino
  • conspirationn
  • conspiratoin
  • conspirattion
  • conspirration
  • conspirtaion
  • consppiration
  • conspriation
  • consspiration
  • cosnpiration
  • ocnspiration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conspiration - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cconspiration1cnospiration2connspiration1conpsiration2consipration2conspiartion2conspiraiton2conspiratino2
Edit distance from "conspiration"

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 "conspiration"?
"conspiration" is spelled C-O-N-S-P-I-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "conspiration" mean?
As a noun, "conspiration" means: Entente secrète entre plusieurs personnes, par exemple contre l’État et les pouvoirs publics, ou contre toute autre organisation.
What words are commonly confused with "conspiration"?
"conspiration" is commonly confused with "constipation", "conspirations", "consécration". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conspiration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conspiration" is \kɔ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conspiration" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

contribuable#11,552condoléances#11,546ambassadeurs#11,520financements#11,585

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

sensibiliser18 variantscordialement18 variantscommentateurs18 variantsPétersbourg18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list