conseillevsconseillezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“conseille” and “conseillez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,060
“conseille” frequency rank
#28,498
“conseillez” frequency rank
32558
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conseille conseillez
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de conseiller. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de conseiller.

Where the eye mixes conseille and conseillez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. conseille runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCCV) against conseillez's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
conseille
10 ch
conseillez

Visual trap between conseille and conseillez

A purely visual mix-up. conseille (\kɔ̃.sɛj\) and conseillez (\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 extra letter(s) - “conseille” sits inside “conseillez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32558, 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\. conseillez is at rank #28,498, 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 32558, this pair ranks #296,484 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conseille vs conseillez

Shared letters: ceilnos. Private to "conseille": -. Private to "conseillez": z.

"conseille" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV  ·  "conseillez" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conseille ← cconseille · cnoseille · conesille · connseille · conseile · conseilel · conselile · consielle
  • conseillez ← cconseillez · cnoseillez · conesillez · connseillez · conseilelz · conseilez · conseillezz · conseillze

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "conseille" and "conseillez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.sɛj\ versus \kɔ̃.se.je\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "conseille" or "conseillez" show up more?
"conseille" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,060 in our French list, against #28,498 for "conseillez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "conseille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conseillez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #296,484 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conseille" and "conseillez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conseilles vs conseillez". 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 #296,484 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list