comiquesvsconquesConfusable pair

Which to use

“comiques” and “conques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,154
“comiques” frequency rank
#44,390
“conques” frequency rank
62544
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comiques conques
Definition Dessins animés à la télévision. Pluriel de conque.

Where the eye mixes comiques and conques

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
comiques
7 ch
conques

Visual trap between comiques and conques

A purely visual mix-up. comiques (\kɔ.mik\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62544, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comiques is recorded at frequency rank #18,154, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mik\. 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 62544, this pair ranks #86,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of comiques vs conques

Shared letters: ceoqsu. Private to "comiques": im. Private to "conques": n.

"comiques" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "conques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comiquesccomiques · cmoiques · coimques · comiqeus · comiqques · comiquess · comiquse · comiuqes
  • conquescconques · cnoques · connques · conqeus · conqques · conquess · conquse · conuqes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "comiques" for "conques" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ.mik\ versus \kɔ̃k\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "comiques" vs "conques" - which ranks higher?
"comiques" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,154 in our French list, against #44,390 for "conques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "comiques" and "conques" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comiques" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #86,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comiques" and "conques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "congres vs conques". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #86,536 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list