Which to use
“conçois” and “conçoit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,952
- “conçois” frequency rank
- #11,940
- “conçoit” frequency rank
- 37892
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conçois | conçoit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de concevoir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de concevoir. |
Same sound, different letters: conçois vs conçoit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. conçois and conçoit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - conçois and conçoit
This is the hard kind. conçois and conçoit are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.swa\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - s in “conçois” becomes t in “conçoit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37892, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conçois is recorded at frequency rank #25,952, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.swa\. conçoit is at rank #11,940, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.swa\.
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 37892, this pair ranks #259,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conçois vs conçoit
Shared letters: cinoç. Private to "conçois": s. Private to "conçoit": t.
"conçois" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "conçoit" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "conçois" and "conçoit" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "conçois" or "conçoit"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "conçois" / "conçoit". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "conçois" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conçoit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #259,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conçois" and "conçoit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concise vs conçois". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #259,234 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.