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“continued” and “convinced” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,162
- “continued” frequency rank
- #3,612
- “convinced” frequency rank
- 4774
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | continued | convinced |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prolonged; unstopped. | In a state of believing, especially from evidence but not necessarily. |
Where the eye mixes continued and convinced
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: continued vs convinced
A purely visual mix-up. continued (/kənˈtɪn.juːd/) and convinced (/kənˈvɪnst/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4774, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
continued is recorded at frequency rank #1,162, classified as anadj, pronounced /kənˈtɪn.juːd/. convinced is at rank #3,612, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kənˈvɪnst/.
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 4774, this pair ranks #517,731 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of continued vs convinced
Shared letters: cdeino. Private to "continued": tu. Private to "convinced": v.
"continued" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "convinced" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "continued" and "convinced" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "continued" or "convinced" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "continued" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "convinced" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #517,731 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "continued" and "convinced" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "convinced vs convinces". 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 #517,731 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.