Which to use
“conseille” and “conseilles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,060
- “conseille” frequency rank
- #39,720
- “conseilles” frequency rank
- 43780
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conseille | conseilles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de conseiller. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de conseiller. |
Same sound, different letters: conseille vs conseilles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. conseille runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCCV) against conseilles's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: conseille vs conseilles
This is the hard kind. conseille and conseilles are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.sɛj\) and both work as averb. 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) - “conseille” sits inside “conseilles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43780, 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\. conseilles is at rank #39,720, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛj\.
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 43780, this pair ranks #215,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conseille vs conseilles
Shared letters: ceilnos. Private to "conseille": -. Private to "conseilles": -.
"conseille" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV · "conseilles" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conseille ← cconseille · cnoseille · conesille · connseille · conseile · conseilel · conselile · consielle
- conseilles ← cconseilles · cnoseilles · conesilles · connseilles · conseilels · conseiles · conseilless · conseillse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conseille" and "conseilles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "conseille" or "conseilles"?
Useful next steps
"conseille" and "conseilles" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "conseille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conseilles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #215,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conseille" and "conseilles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conseillères vs conseilles". 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 #215,466 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.