Which to use
“conjointe” and “conjointes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,934
- “conjointe” frequency rank
- #38,219
- “conjointes” frequency rank
- 51153
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conjointe | conjointes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de conjoint. | Féminin pluriel de conjoint. |
Same sound, different letters: conjointe vs conjointes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. conjointe runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCCV) against conjointes's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - conjointe and conjointes
This is the hard kind. conjointe and conjointes are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.ʒwɛ̃t\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “conjointe” sits inside “conjointes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51153, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conjointe is recorded at frequency rank #12,934, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.ʒwɛ̃t\. conjointes is at rank #38,219, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.ʒwɛ̃t\.
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 51153, this pair ranks #157,167 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conjointe vs conjointes
Shared letters: ceijnot. Private to "conjointe": -. Private to "conjointes": s.
"conjointe" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV · "conjointes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conjointe ← cconjointe · cnojointe · cojnointe · conjionte · conjjointe · conjoinet · conjoinnte · conjointte
- conjointes ← cconjointes · cnojointes · cojnointes · conjiontes · conjjointes · conjoinets · conjoinntes · conjointess
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "conjointe" and "conjointes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "conjointe" vs "conjointes" - 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 "conjointe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conjointes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #157,167 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conjointe" and "conjointes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conjointes vs conjoints". 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 #157,167 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.