Which to use
“concerning” is an adjective and “convening” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,221
- “concerning” frequency rank
- #38,790
- “convening” frequency rank
- 43011
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concerning | convening |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Causing concern; worrying. | An assembly; a meeting. |
Letter map: concerning vs convening
Shared letters muted; letters that set concerning and convening apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. concerning runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCC) against convening's 9 (CVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for concerning / convening
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: concerning is anadjective and conveninganoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43011, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concerning is recorded at frequency rank #4,221, classified as anadj, pronounced /kənˈsɝnɪŋ/. convening is at rank #38,790, tagged as anoun.
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 43011, this pair ranks #244,051 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of concerning vs convening
Shared letters: cegino. Private to "concerning": r. Private to "convening": v.
"concerning" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "convening" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concerning ← cconcerning · cnocerning · cocnerning · conccerning · concenring · concerinng · concernign · concerningg
- convening ← cconvening · cnovening · conevning · connvening · conveinng · convenign · conveningg · conveninng
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "concerning" and "convening" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "concerning" or "convening" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "concerning" and "convening".
- Full dictionary entry for "concerning" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "convening" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #244,051 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concerning" and "convening" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condensing vs convening". 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 #244,051 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.