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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.
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
- conseilles ← cconseilles · cnoseilles · conesilles · connseilles · conseilels · conseiles · conseilless · conseillse
- conseillons ← cconseillons · cnoseillons · conesillons · connseillons · conseillnos · conseillonns · conseillonss · conseillosn
Frequently Asked Questions
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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.