Which to use
“conserver” is a verb and “conservés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,817
- “conserver” frequency rank
- #10,474
- “conservés” frequency rank
- 13291
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conserver | conservés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Maintenir en bon état ; apporter le soin nécessaire pour empêcher qu’une chose ne se gâte ou ne dépérisse. | Masculin pluriel de conservé. |
Same sound, different letters: conserver vs conservés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. conserver and conservés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: conserver vs conservés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: conserver and conservés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13291, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conserver is recorded at frequency rank #2,817, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\. conservés is at rank #10,474, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\.
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 13291, this pair ranks #401,612 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of conserver vs conservés
Shared letters: cenorsv. Private to "conserver": -. Private to "conservés": é.
"conserver" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "conservés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conserver ← cconserver · cnoserver · conesrver · connserver · conserevr · conserrver · conserverr · conservre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conserver" and "conservés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "conserver" or "conservés"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "conserver" / "conservés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "conserver" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conservés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,612 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conserver" and "conservés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conférés vs conservés". 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 #401,612 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.