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“connues” and “conquis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#5,019
“connues” frequency rank
#9,141
“conquis” frequency rank
14160
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature connues conquis
Definition Féminin pluriel de connu. Envahi, occupé.

Letter map: connues vs conquis

Shared letters muted; letters that set connues and conquis apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. connues and conquis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
connues
7 ch
conquis

Corpus notes: connues and conquis

connues and conquis are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

connues is recorded at frequency rank #5,019, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ny\. 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 14160, this pair ranks #397,919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of connues vs conquis

Shared letters: cnosu. Private to "connues": e. Private to "conquis": iq.

"connues" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "conquis" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • connuescconnues · cnonues · conneus · connuess · connuse · conues · conunes · ocnnues
  • conquiscconquis · cnoquis · connquis · conqius · conqquis · conquiss · conqusi · conuqis

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "connues" for "conquis" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "connues" vs "conquis" - which ranks higher?
"connues" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,019 in our French list, against #9,141 for "conquis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "connues" and "conquis". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "connues" 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 #397,919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "connues" and "conquis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "connues vs convenues". 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 #397,919 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