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

#39,720
“conseilles” frequency rank
#42,240
“conseillons” frequency rank
81960
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conseilles conseillons
Definition Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de conseiller. Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de conseiller.

Where the eye mixes conseilles and conseillons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

10 ch
conseilles
11 ch
conseillons

Look-alike desk: conseilles vs conseillons

A purely visual mix-up. conseilles (\kɔ̃.sɛj\) and conseillons (\kɔ̃.se.jɔ̃\) 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 81960, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conseilles is recorded at frequency rank #39,720, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛj\. conseillons is at rank #42,240, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.se.jɔ̃\.

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 81960, this pair ranks #17,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conseilles vs conseillons

Shared letters: ceilnos. Private to "conseilles": -. Private to "conseillons": -.

"conseilles" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC  ·  "conseillons" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conseillescconseilles · cnoseilles · conesilles · connseilles · conseilels · conseiles · conseilless · conseillse
  • conseillonscconseillons · cnoseillons · conesillons · connseillons · conseillnos · conseillonns · conseillonss · conseillosn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conseilles" for "conseillons" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.sɛj\ versus \kɔ̃.se.jɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "conseilles" or "conseillons" show up more?
"conseilles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,720 in our French list, against #42,240 for "conseillons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "conseilles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conseillons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conseilles" and "conseillons" 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 #17,713 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