Which to use
“concise” and “conçus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,720
- “concise” frequency rank
- #10,130
- “conçus” frequency rank
- 48850
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concise | conçus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de concis. | Masculin pluriel de conçu. |
Where the eye mixes concise and conçus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: concise vs conçus
A purely visual mix-up. concise (\kɔ̃.siz\) and conçus (\kɔ̃.sy\) 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 48850, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concise is recorded at frequency rank #38,720, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.siz\. conçus is at rank #10,130, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.sy\.
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 48850, this pair ranks #175,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of concise vs conçus
Shared letters: cnos. Private to "concise": ei. Private to "conçus": uç.
"concise" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "conçus" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concise ← cconcise · cnocise · cocnise · conccise · concies · concisse · concsie · conicse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "concise" for "conçus" ever safe?
Which is more common, "concise" or "conçus"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "concise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conçus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #175,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concise" and "conçus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concise vs confine". 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 #175,553 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.