Which to use
“chèques” and “conques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,841
- “chèques” frequency rank
- #44,390
- “conques” frequency rank
- 55231
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chèques | conques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de chèque. | Pluriel de conque. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set chèques and conques apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. chèques (\ʃɛk\) and conques (\kɔ̃k\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55231, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chèques is recorded at frequency rank #10,841, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛk\. conques is at rank #44,390, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃k\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 55231, this pair ranks #128,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chèques vs conques
Shared letters: ceqsu. Private to "chèques": hè. Private to "conques": no.
"chèques" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "conques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conques ← cconques · cnoques · connques · conqeus · conqques · conquess · conquse · conuqes