convention

/[kənˈvɛnʃn]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,554

in German word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

convention is aGermannoun. It means: übliche Verfahrensweise, Sitte Pronounced [kənˈvɛnʃn]. Often confused with conversion and connection.

Key facts for convention
PropertyValue
Headwordconvention
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kənˈvɛnʃn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#20,554
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of convention in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for convention is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kənˈvɛnʃn]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,554 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for convention, with forms such as "cconvention", "cnovention", and "conevntion". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "conversion", "connection", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is convention, spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    übliche Verfahrensweise, Sitte
  2. 2
    zwischenstaatliches Abkommen
  3. 3
    große Versammlung, Tagung
  4. 4
    bestimmte Spielart beim Bridge

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconvention,cnovention,conevntion,connvention,conveniton,convenntion,conventino,conventionn,conventoin,conventtion,convetnion,convnetion,convvention,covnention,ocnvention

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for convention

Misspelling Variants of "convention"

cconvention11cnovention10conevntion10connvention11conveniton10convenntion11conventino10conventionn11
Misspelling Variants of "convention"

Frequency rank: #20,554 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "convention"?
"convention" is spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kənˈvɛnʃn].
What does "convention" mean?
As a noun, "convention" means: übliche Verfahrensweise, Sitte
What words are commonly confused with "convention"?
"convention" is commonly confused with "conversion", "connection". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "convention"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "convention" is [kənˈvɛnʃn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "convention" come from?
"convention" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.