condemningvsconveningWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: condemning is a adjective, convening is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“condemning” is an adjective and “convening” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,326
“condemning” frequency rank
#38,790
“convening” frequency rank
56116
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condemning convening
Definition Synonym of condemnatory. An assembly; a meeting.

Letter map: condemning vs convening

Shared letters muted; letters that set condemning and convening apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. condemning 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.

10 ch
condemning
9 ch
convening

Part-of-speech tell for condemning / convening

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: condemning is anadjective and conveninganoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

condemning is recorded at frequency rank #17,326, classified as anadj. 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 56116, this pair ranks #128,611 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of condemning vs convening

Shared letters: cegino. Private to "condemning": dm. Private to "convening": v.

"condemning" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC  ·  "convening" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condemning ← ccondemning · cnodemning · codnemning · conddemning · condeminng · condemmning · condemnign · condemningg
  • convening ← cconvening · cnovening · conevning · connvening · conveinng · convenign · conveningg · conveninng

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "condemning" and "convening" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "condemning" is an adjective and "convening" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "condemning" or "convening"?
"condemning" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,326 in our English list, against #38,790 for "convening". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "condemning" and "convening".

  • Full dictionary entry for "condemning" 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 #128,611 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condemning" 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 #128,611 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list