Which to use
“conçu” is a verb and “conçus” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,323
- “conçu” frequency rank
- #10,130
- “conçus” frequency rank
- 13453
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conçu | conçus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de concevoir. | Masculin pluriel de conçu. |
Same sound, different letters: conçu vs conçus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. conçu runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against conçus's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - conçu and conçus
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: conçu and conçus carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.sy\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “conçu” sits inside “conçus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13453, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conçu is recorded at frequency rank #3,323, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sy\. 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 13453, this pair ranks #400,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of conçu vs conçus
Shared letters: cnouç. Private to "conçu": -. Private to "conçus": s.
"conçu" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "conçus" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conçu" and "conçus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "conçu" vs "conçus" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "conçu" 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 #400,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conçu" and "conçus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conçus vs courus". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #400,975 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.