se conformer à

\sə kɔ̃.fɔʁ.me\

/\sə kɔ̃.fɔʁ.me\/ verb

The verdict

“se conformer à” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme pronominale de conformer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-se-conformer-a · se conformer à · French

se conformer à · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for se conformer à
PropertyValue
Headwordse conformer à
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sə kɔ̃.fɔʁ.me\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « se conformer à » en français

se conformer àreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

se conformer à is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə kɔ̃.fɔʁ.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme pronominale de conformer.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for se conformer à, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is se conformer à, spelled S-E- -C-O-N-F-O-R-M-E-R- -À.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forme pronominale de conformer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Simon Cohen, se conformant en ceci à l'usage du pays qui interdit le port des armes à ses coreligionnaires marocains, est inerme; les chameliers ont des gourdins et de mauvais poignards, […].
  2. Cette aide doit se poursuivre et se conformer à des normes précises.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "se conformer à"?
"se conformer à" is spelled S-E- -C-O-N-F-O-R-M-E-R- -À. The IPA pronunciation is \sə kɔ̃.fɔʁ.me\.
What does "se conformer à" mean?
As a verb, "se conformer à" means: Forme pronominale de conformer.
How do you pronounce "se conformer à"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "se conformer à" is \sə kɔ̃.fɔʁ.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "se conformer à" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list