convenor
"convenor" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“convenor” is uncommon English (frequency #59,979 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,979
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who assembles people for an official or public purpose.
Corpus desk
Index EN-convenor · convenor · English
convenor · rank #59,979 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,979
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH conversant
Nearest frequency peer: conversant (+1 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 “convenor”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- consumerist
consumerist
40,027 corpus weight
- convenor
convenor
40,022 corpus weight
- conversant
conversant
40,021 corpus weight
- convivial
convivial
40,020 corpus weight
- Coquitlam
Coquitlam
40,019 corpus weight
- corse
corse
40,018 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “convenor” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | convenor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “convenor” in English
Rare enough to double-check
convenor is uncommon English at frequency #59,979 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
convenor has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From convene + -or. The correct English form is convenor, spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-O-R.
Definition
- 1One who assembles people for an official or public purpose.
- 2A lecturer who takes on the mantle of managing a specific course.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how convenor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
With nearly 40 people, the team is getting too large to meet in anyone's apartment for support meetings. With difficulty we break into smaller groups meeting on different nights. Later called "pods," these groups of eight to ten people are facilitated by two convenors.
Etymology
From convene + -or.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).