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

#31,896
“concis” frequency rank
#9,141
“conquis” frequency rank
41037
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concis conquis
Definition Qui exprime quelque chose le plus clairement possible avec un nombre de mots restreint. Envahi, occupé.

Letter map: concis vs conquis

Shared letters muted; letters that set concis and conquis apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. concis runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against conquis's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
concis
7 ch
conquis

Pair insight - concis / conquis

concis and conquis are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41037, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concis is recorded at frequency rank #31,896, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.si\. conquis is at rank #9,141, tagged as anadj.

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 41037, this pair ranks #236,024 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of concis vs conquis

Shared letters: cinos. Private to "concis": -. Private to "conquis": qu.

"concis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "conquis" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concis ← cconcis · cnocis · cocnis · conccis · conciss · concsi · conics · conncis
  • conquis ← cconquis · cnoquis · connquis · conqius · conqquis · conquiss · conqusi · conuqis

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "concis" for "conquis" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary French text, does "concis" or "conquis" show up more?
"conquis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,141 in our French list, against #31,896 for "concis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "concis" and "conquis". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "concis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conquis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #236,024 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concis" and "conquis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concis vs confits". 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 #236,024 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