Which to use
“conjecture” and “conjectures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,747
- “conjecture” frequency rank
- #36,776
- “conjectures” frequency rank
- 64523
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conjecture | conjectures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jugement probable, opinion que l’on fonde sur des apparences. | Pluriel de conjecture. |
Same sound, different letters: conjecture vs conjectures
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - conjecture / conjectures
This is the hard kind. conjecture and conjectures are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “conjecture” sits inside “conjectures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64523, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conjecture is recorded at frequency rank #27,747, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ\. conjectures is at rank #36,776, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ\.
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 64523, this pair ranks #76,647 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conjecture vs conjectures
Shared letters: cejnortu. Private to "conjecture": -. Private to "conjectures": s.
"conjecture" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV · "conjectures" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conjecture ← cconjecture · cnojecture · cojnecture · conejcture · conjceture · conjeccture · conjectrue · conjectture
- conjectures ← cconjectures · cnojectures · cojnectures · conejctures · conjcetures · conjecctures · conjectrues · conjecttures
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "conjecture" and "conjectures" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "conjecture" or "conjectures" show up more?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "conjecture" / "conjectures". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "conjecture" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conjectures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,647 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conjecture" and "conjectures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conjecture vs conjoncture". 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 #76,647 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.