Which to use
“conseillée” and “conseilles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,536
- “conseillée” frequency rank
- #39,720
- “conseilles” frequency rank
- 70256
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conseillée | conseilles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de conseiller. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de conseiller. |
Where the eye mixes conseillée and conseilles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. conseillée (CVCCVVCCVV) and conseilles (CVCCVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses conseillée with conseilles
A purely visual mix-up. conseillée (\kɔ̃.se.je\) and conseilles (\kɔ̃.sɛj\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70256, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conseillée is recorded at frequency rank #30,536, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.se.je\. 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 70256, this pair ranks #52,046 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conseillée vs conseilles
Shared letters: ceilnos. Private to "conseillée": é. Private to "conseilles": -.
"conseillée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVV · "conseilles" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conseilles ← cconseilles · cnoseilles · conesilles · connseilles · conseilels · conseiles · conseilless · conseillse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conseillée" for "conseilles" ever safe?
Frequency check: "conseillée" vs "conseilles" - 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 "conseillée" 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 #52,046 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conseillée" 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 #52,046 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.