Which to use
“conseille” and “conseillée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,060
- “conseille” frequency rank
- #30,536
- “conseillée” frequency rank
- 34596
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conseille | conseillée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de conseiller. | Participe passé féminin singulier de conseiller. |
Where the eye mixes conseille and conseillée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. conseille runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCCV) against conseillée's 10 (CVCCVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between conseille and conseillée
A purely visual mix-up. conseille (\kɔ̃.sɛj\) and conseillée (\kɔ̃.se.je\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34596, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conseille is recorded at frequency rank #4,060, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛj\. conseillée is at rank #30,536, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.se.je\.
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 34596, this pair ranks #282,715 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conseille vs conseillée
Shared letters: ceilnos. Private to "conseille": -. Private to "conseillée": é.
"conseille" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV · "conseillée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- conseille ← cconseille · cnoseille · conesille · connseille · conseile · conseilel · conselile · consielle
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conseille" and "conseillée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "conseille" vs "conseillée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "conseille" and "conseillée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conseille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conseillée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #282,715 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conseille" and "conseillée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conseillée vs conseillères". 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 #282,715 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.