# confluence

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒn.flu.əns/ · frequency rank #24,708

## Definitions
1. The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
2. The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
3. The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
4. A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
5. The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other.
6. A property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.

## Etymology
From late Middle English confluence, from Late Latin cōnfluentia (“a flowing together, conflux”), from cōnfluēns (present participle of cōnfluō (“to flow or run together”)) + -ia (nominal suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **conference** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conference-vs-confluence)
- **confidence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confidence-vs-confluence)

## Common misspellings (16)
`cconfluence`, `cnofluence`, `cofnluence`, `conffluence`, `confleunce`, `conflluence`, `confluance`, `confluecne`, `confluencce`, `confluenec`, `confluennce`, `conflunece`, `confulence`, `conlfuence`, `connfluence`, `ocnfluence`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/confluence