# convenient

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kənˈviːniənt/ · frequency rank #5,588

## Definitions
1. Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
2. Suspicious due to suiting someone's purposes very well.
3. Fit; suitable; appropriate.

## Etymology
From Middle English convenient, from Latin conveniens (“fit, suitable, convenient”), present participle of convenire (“to come together, suit”); see convene and compare covenant.

## Easily confused with
- **convening** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convenient-vs-convening)
- **convergent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convenient-vs-convergent)
- **conveniently** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convenient-vs-conveniently)
- **convenience** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convenience-vs-convenient)

## Common misspellings (15)
`cconvenient`, `cnovenient`, `conevnient`, `connvenient`, `conveinent`, `conveneint`, `conveniennt`, `convenientt`, `convenietn`, `conveninet`, `convennient`, `convneient`, `convvenient`, `covnenient`, `ocnvenient`

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