Which to use
“con” and “conso” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,056
- “con” frequency rank
- #20,967
- “conso” frequency rank
- 22023
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | con | conso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sexe de la femme. | Consommation, dans le sens de « quantité consommée ». |
Where the eye mixes con and conso
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: con vs conso
A purely visual mix-up. con (\kɔ̃\) and conso (\kɔ̃.so\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “con” sits inside “conso”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22023, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
con is recorded at frequency rank #1,056, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃\. conso is at rank #20,967, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.so\.
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 22023, this pair ranks #360,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of con vs conso
Shared letters: cno. Private to "con": -. Private to "conso": s.
"con" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "conso" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- conso ← cconso · cnoso · connso · conos · consso · cosno · ocnso
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "con" and "conso" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "con" or "conso" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "con" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #360,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "con" and "conso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs conso". 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 #360,178 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.