Which to use
“conquête” and “conquêtes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,656
- “conquête” frequency rank
- #14,642
- “conquêtes” frequency rank
- 19298
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conquête | conquêtes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de conquérir ; la chose conquise elle-même. | Pluriel de conquête. |
Same sound, different letters: conquête vs conquêtes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. conquête runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against conquêtes's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: conquête vs conquêtes
This is the hard kind. conquête and conquêtes are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.kɛt\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “conquête” sits inside “conquêtes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19298, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conquête is recorded at frequency rank #4,656, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.kɛt\. 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 19298, this pair ranks #373,950 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of conquête vs conquêtes
Shared letters: cenoqtuê. Private to "conquête": -. Private to "conquêtes": s.
"conquête" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "conquêtes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "conquête" and "conquêtes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "conquête" vs "conquêtes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "conquête" / "conquêtes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "conquête" 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 #373,950 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conquête" and "conquêtes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conques vs conquêtes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #373,950 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.