Which to use
“connais” is a verb and “conquis” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #653
- “connais” frequency rank
- #9,141
- “conquis” frequency rank
- 9794
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | connais | conquis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe connaître. | Envahi, occupé. |
Letter map: connais vs conquis
Shared letters muted; letters that set connais and conquis apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. connais and conquis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - connais and conquis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: connais is averb and conquisanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9794, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
connais is recorded at frequency rank #653, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.nɛ\. conquis is at rank #9,141, tagged as anadj.
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 9794, this pair ranks #415,377 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of connais vs conquis
Shared letters: cinos. Private to "connais": a. Private to "conquis": qu.
"connais" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "conquis" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "connais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conquis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #415,377 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "connais" and "conquis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conques vs conquis". 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 #415,377 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.