Konvergenz
[ˌkɔnvɛʁˈɡɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Konvergenz” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #38,858 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #38,858
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Sich-Aufeinander-zu-Entwickeln von zwei oder mehreren divergierenden Ausgangszuständen auf einen gemeinsamen Endzustand hin
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Konvergenz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌkɔnvɛʁˈɡɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #38,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Konvergenz” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Konvergenz is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌkɔnvɛʁˈɡɛnt͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,858 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Konvergenz, with forms such as "kkonvergenz", "knovergenz", and "konevrgenz". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Konferenz", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Konvergenz, spelled K-O-N-V-E-R-G-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1das Sich-Aufeinander-zu-Entwickeln von zwei oder mehreren divergierenden Ausgangszuständen auf einen gemeinsamen Endzustand hin
- 2eine unabhängige, aber ähnliche Entwicklung von Körpermerkmalen bei verschiedenen Arten aufgrund ähnlicher Bedingungen im Verlaufe der Evolution
- 3eine bestimmte Stellung der Augen, bei der sich die Blicklinien unmittelbar vor den Augen schneiden
- 4Bildung gleicher Naturstoffe durch unterschiedliche Reaktionssequenzen im Stoffwechsel verschiedener Organismen
- 5Auftreten gleicher Kulturerscheinungen bei unabhängig voneinander lebenden Völkern
- 6die Existenz eines Grenzwertes einer Folge oder eines Netzes
- 7die Übereinstimmung von Oberflächenformen
- 8die gegeneinander gerichtete Drift von Kontinentalplatten
- 9der horizontale Massenzufluss von Luftteilchen in ein Tiefdruckgebiet
- 10eine unabhängige Entwicklung von biosymmetrischer Symbiose von biologischen Organismen zusammen mit verschiedenen anorganischen Stoffen um das Überleben des Organismus zu verbessern
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: kkonvergenz,knovergenz,konevrgenz,konnvergenz,konvegrenz,konveregnz,konvergennz,konvergenzz,konvergezn,konverggenz,konvergnez,konverrgenz,konvregenz,konvvergenz,kovnergenz,oknvergenz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Konvergenz - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Konvergenz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-O-N-V-E-R-G-E-N-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌkɔnvɛʁˈɡɛnt͡s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Konferenz” - see the side-by-side comparison. Konvergenz vs Konferenz
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.