Which to use
“conçu” and “conçut” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,323
- “conçu” frequency rank
- #42,807
- “conçut” frequency rank
- 46130
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conçu | conçut |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de concevoir. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de concevoir. |
Same sound, different letters: conçu vs conçut
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - conçu / conçut
This is the hard kind. conçu and conçut are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.sy\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “conçu” sits inside “conçut”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46130, 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\. conçut is at rank #42,807, tagged as averb, 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 46130, this pair ranks #197,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conçu vs conçut
Shared letters: cnouç. Private to "conçu": -. Private to "conçut": t.
"conçu" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "conçut" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conçu" and "conçut" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "conçu" vs "conçut" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "conçu" / "conçut". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "conçu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conçut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conçu" and "conçut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conçut vs cont". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #197,369 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.