concilesvsconvivesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#40,191
“conciles” frequency rank
#18,448
“convives” frequency rank
58639
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conciles convives
Definition Pluriel de concile. Pluriel de convive.

Where the eye mixes conciles and convives

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

8 ch
conciles
8 ch
convives

Visual trap between conciles and convives

A purely visual mix-up. conciles (\kɔ̃.sil\) and convives (\kɔ̃.viv\) 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 58639, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conciles is recorded at frequency rank #40,191, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.sil\. convives is at rank #18,448, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.viv\.

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 58639, this pair ranks #107,829 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conciles vs convives

Shared letters: ceinos. Private to "conciles": l. Private to "convives": v.

"conciles" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "convives" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concilescconciles · cnociles · cocniles · concciles · conciels · conciless · concilles · concilse
  • convivescconvives · cnovives · conivves · connvives · convievs · convivess · convivse · convivves

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "conciles" and "convives" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.sil\ versus \kɔ̃.viv\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "conciles" or "convives"?
"convives" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,448 in our French list, against #40,191 for "conciles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conciles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "convives" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #107,829 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conciles" and "convives" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conciles vs confinés". 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 #107,829 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