ConnervscontesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Conner is a name, contes is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Conner” is a name and “contes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,946
“Conner” frequency rank
#6,803
“contes” frequency rank
51749
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Conner contes
Definition Prénom masculin. Pluriel de conte.

Where the eye mixes Conner and contes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Conner
6 ch
contes

Look-alike desk: Conner vs contes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Conner is \kɔ.nœʁ\ while contes is \kɔ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51749, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Conner is recorded at frequency rank #44,946, classified as aname, pronounced \kɔ.nœʁ\. contes is at rank #6,803, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃t\.

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 51749, this pair ranks #152,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Conner vs contes

Shared letters: ceno. Private to "Conner": r. Private to "contes": st.

"Conner" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "contes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Connercconner · cnoner · conenr · coner · connerr · connre · ocnner
  • contesccontes · cnotes · conets · conntes · contess · contse · conttes · cotnes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Conner" and "contes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Conner" is a name and "contes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Conner" vs "contes" - which ranks higher?
"contes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,803 in our French list, against #44,946 for "Conner". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Conner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "contes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #152,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Conner" and "contes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs Conner". 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 #152,753 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