conçuevsconquesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: conçue is a verb, conques is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“conçue” is a verb and “conques” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,942
“conçue” frequency rank
#44,390
“conques” frequency rank
51332
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conçue conques
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de concevoir. Pluriel de conque.

Where the eye mixes conçue and conques

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
conçue
7 ch
conques

Look-alike desk: conçue vs conques

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conçue is \kɔ̃.sy\ while conques is \kɔ̃k\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51332, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conçue is recorded at frequency rank #6,942, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sy\. conques is at rank #44,390, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃k\.

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 51332, this pair ranks #155,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conçue vs conques

Shared letters: cenou. Private to "conçue": ç. Private to "conques": qs.

"conçue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "conques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conquescconques · cnoques · connques · conqeus · conqques · conquess · conquse · conuqes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conçue" for "conques" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conçue" is a verb and "conques" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "conçue" or "conques"?
"conçue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,942 in our French list, against #44,390 for "conques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conçue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #155,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conçue" and "conques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "congres vs conques". 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 #155,833 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list