construise
\kɔ̃s.tʁɥiz\
The verdict
“construise” is uncommon French (frequency #55,165 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,165
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de construire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | construise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃s.tʁɥiz\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “construise” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
construise is uncommon French at frequency #55,165 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃s.tʁɥiz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for construise, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is construise, spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de construire.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de construire.
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.
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Using “construise”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-S-T-R-U-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃s.tʁɥiz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.