connivance
/kəˈnaɪvəns/
"connivance" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“connivance” is uncommon English (frequency #78,487 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,487
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The process of conniving or conspiring.
Corpus desk
Index EN-connivance · connivance · English
connivance · rank #78,487 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,487
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH contralto
Nearest frequency peer: contralto (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “connivance”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Cloverdale
Cloverdale
21,521 corpus weight
- codfish
codfish
21,519 corpus weight
- connivance
connivance
21,514 corpus weight
- contralto
contralto
21,512 corpus weight
- coquette
coquette
21,509 corpus weight
- correlative
correlative
21,508 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “connivance” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | connivance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈnaɪvəns/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #78,487 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “connivance” in English
Rare enough to double-check
connivance is uncommon English at frequency #78,487 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kəˈnaɪvəns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The process of conniving or conspiring.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for connivance in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From early 18th c., replaced earlier form connivence (late 16th c.), from Latin connīventia, from connīvēns (“winking”). The correct English form is connivance, spelled C-O-N-N-I-V-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The process of conniving or conspiring.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how connivance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Abbot’s house, which formed the third side of the square, was, though injured, still inhabited, and afforded refuge to the few brethren who yet, rather by connivance than by actual authority, were permitted to remain at Kennaquhair.
Etymology
From early 18th c., replaced earlier form connivence (late 16th c.), from Latin connīventia, from connīvēns (“winking”).
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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