Which to use
“conception” and “conceptions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,220
- “conception” frequency rank
- #15,336
- “conceptions” frequency rank
- 17556
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conception | conceptions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action par laquelle un enfant est conçu dans le sein de sa mère quand l’embryon se forme par la rencontre d’un ovule et d’un spermatozoïde. → voir fécondation | Pluriel de conception. |
Same sound, different letters: conception vs conceptions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Homophone desk: conception vs conceptions
This is the hard kind. conception and conceptions are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.sɛp.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “conception” sits inside “conceptions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17556, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conception is recorded at frequency rank #2,220, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛp.sjɔ̃\. conceptions is at rank #15,336, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛp.sjɔ̃\.
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 17556, this pair ranks #382,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of conception vs conceptions
Shared letters: ceinopt. Private to "conception": -. Private to "conceptions": s.
"conception" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "conceptions" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conception ← cconception · cnoception · cocneption · concception · concepiton · concepption · conceptino · conceptionn
- conceptions ← cconceptions · cnoceptions · cocneptions · concceptions · concepitons · concepptions · conceptinos · conceptionns
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conception" for "conceptions" ever safe?
Frequency check: "conception" vs "conceptions" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "conception" / "conceptions". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "conception" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conceptions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #382,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conception" and "conceptions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concentrons vs conceptions". 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 #382,583 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.