construis

Name: construis, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\kɔ̃s.tʁɥi\

/\kɔ̃s.tʁɥi\/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“construis” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,727. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,727
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de construire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-construis · construis · French

construis · rank #38,727 · 14 variants · 8 confusables

FREQ-MID #38,727
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH conquises

Nearest frequency peer: conquises (-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.

conifères

61,277
connotations

61,276
conquises

61,275
construis

61,274
contrôlez

61,273
corbin

61,272

What this shows « construis » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

construis vs construit

89% similar

construis vs construite

80% similar

construis vs construits

90% similar

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

Key facts for construis
Property	Value
Headword	construis
Language	French
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	\kɔ̃s.tʁɥi\
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#38,727
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	8
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « construis »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).construisse place ici:

#38,727

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « conquises » (#38,726), « contrôlez » (#38,728), « connotations » (#38,725). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « construis » est au #38,727. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around construis (IPA \kɔ̃s.tʁɥi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,727 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for construis, with forms such as "cconstruis", "cnostruis", and "connstruis". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "construit", "construite", "construits", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is construis, spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-I-S.

Definition

1
Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de construire.
2
Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de construire.
3
Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de construire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cconstruis
cnostruis
connstruis
consrtuis
consstruis
constrius
constrruis
construiss
construsi
consttruis
consturis
contsruis
cosntruis
ocnstruis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "construis"

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 "construis"?

"construis" is spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃s.tʁɥi\.

What does "construis" mean?

As a verb, "construis" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de construire.

What words are commonly confused with "construis"?

"construis" is commonly confused with "construit", "construite", "construits". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "construis"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "construis" is \kɔ̃s.tʁɥi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "construis" come from?

"construis" 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 "construis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

conquises#38,726 contrôlez#38,728 conifères#38,724 confirmez#38,723

Similar misspelling depth

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

dirigeable14 variants cimenterie14 variants distancer14 variants banalités14 variants