Which to use
“conques” and “conquêtes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,390
- “conques” frequency rank
- #14,642
- “conquêtes” frequency rank
- 59032
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conques | conquêtes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de conque. | Pluriel de conquête. |
Where the eye mixes conques and conquêtes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. conques runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against conquêtes's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between conques and conquêtes
A purely visual mix-up. conques (\kɔ̃k\) and conquêtes (\kɔ̃.kɛt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59032, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conques is recorded at frequency rank #44,390, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃k\. conquêtes is at rank #14,642, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.kɛt\.
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 59032, this pair ranks #105,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conques vs conquêtes
Shared letters: cenoqsu. Private to "conques": -. Private to "conquêtes": tê.
"conques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "conquêtes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conques ← cconques · cnoques · connques · conqeus · conqques · conquess · conquse · conuqes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conques" and "conquêtes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "conques" or "conquêtes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "conques" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conquêtes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conques" and "conquêtes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "congres vs conques". 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 #105,472 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.