Which to use
“conçoit” and “concourt” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,940
- “conçoit” frequency rank
- #30,104
- “concourt” frequency rank
- 42044
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conçoit | concourt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de concevoir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de concourir. |
Where the eye mixes conçoit and concourt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. conçoit runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against concourt's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between conçoit and concourt
A purely visual mix-up. conçoit (\kɔ̃.swa\) and concourt (\kɔ̃.kuʁ\) 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 42044, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conçoit is recorded at frequency rank #11,940, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.swa\. concourt is at rank #30,104, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.kuʁ\.
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 42044, this pair ranks #228,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conçoit vs concourt
Shared letters: cnot. Private to "conçoit": iç. Private to "concourt": ru.
"conçoit" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "concourt" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concourt ← cconcourt · cnocourt · cocnourt · conccourt · concorut · concourrt · concourtt · concoutr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conçoit" for "concourt" ever safe?
Which is more common, "conçoit" or "concourt"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "conçoit" and "concourt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conçoit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concourt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conçoit" and "concourt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conclura vs concourt". 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 #228,633 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.