Which to use
“conques” is a noun and “conviés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,390
- “conques” frequency rank
- #30,962
- “conviés” frequency rank
- 75352
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conques | conviés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de conque. | Masculin pluriel de convié. |
Where the eye mixes conques and conviés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between conques and conviés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conques is \kɔ̃k\ while conviés is \kɔ̃.vje\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75352, 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\. conviés is at rank #30,962, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.vje\.
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 75352, this pair ranks #34,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conques vs conviés
Shared letters: cnos. Private to "conques": equ. Private to "conviés": ivé.
"conques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "conviés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conques ← cconques · cnoques · connques · conqeus · conqques · conquess · conquse · conuqes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conques" for "conviés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "conques" vs "conviés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "conques" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conviés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conques" and "conviés" 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 #34,339 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.