Which to use
“conques” is a noun and “conquis” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,390
- “conques” frequency rank
- #9,141
- “conquis” frequency rank
- 53531
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conques | conquis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de conque. | Envahi, occupé. |
Letter map: conques vs conquis
Shared letters muted; letters that set conques and conquis apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. conques and conquis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for conques / conquis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: conques is anoun and conquisanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “conques” becomes i in “conquis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53531, 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\. 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 53531, this pair ranks #140,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conques vs conquis
Shared letters: cnoqsu. Private to "conques": e. Private to "conquis": i.
"conques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "conquis" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "conques" and "conquis" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "conques" vs "conquis" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "conques" 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 #140,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conques" and "conquis" 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 #140,089 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.