# convene

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈviːn/ · frequency rank #27,413

## Definitions
1. To come together; to meet; to unite.
2. To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
3. To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke; to summon.
4. To summon judicially to meet or appear.
5. To make a convention; to declare a rule by convention.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French convenir, from Latin convenio, convenire (“come together”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti, from the root *gʷem-.

## Easily confused with
- **coven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convene-vs-coven)
- **convey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convene-vs-convey)
- **convex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convene-vs-convex)
- **covent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convene-vs-covent)
- **convert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convene-vs-convert)
- **convent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convene-vs-convent)
- **conveys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convene-vs-conveys)
- **convince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convene-vs-convince)
- **converse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convene-vs-converse)
- **conveyed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convene-vs-conveyed)
- **converge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convene-vs-converge)
- **convener** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convene-vs-convener)
- **content** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/content-vs-convene)
- **consent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-convene)
- **contend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contend-vs-convene)
- **concede** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concede-vs-convene)
- **condone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condone-vs-convene)
- **confine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confine-vs-convene)
- **condense** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condense-vs-convene)

## Common misspellings (10)
`cconvene`, `cnovene`, `conevne`, `connvene`, `conveen`, `convenne`, `convnee`, `convvene`, `covnene`, `ocnvene`

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