# convention

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˈvɛn.ʃən/ · frequency rank #2,985

## Definitions
1. A meeting or gathering.
2. A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.
3. The convening of a formal meeting.
4. A formal agreement, contract, rule, or pact.
5. A treaty or supplement to such.
6. A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.

## Etymology
Recorded since about 1440, borrowed from Middle French convention, from Latin conventiō (“meeting, assembling; agreement, convention”), from conveniō (“come, gather or meet together, assemble”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”). Equivalent to convene + -tion.

## Easily confused with
- **conversion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convention-vs-conversion)
- **conviction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convention-vs-conviction)
- **conventions** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convention-vs-conventions)
- **conventional** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convention-vs-conventional)
- **connection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connection-vs-convention)
- **conception** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conception-vs-convention)
- **contention** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contention-vs-convention)
- **congestion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/congestion-vs-convention)
- **convection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convection-vs-convention)

## Common misspellings (16)
`cconvention`, `cnovention`, `conevntion`, `connvention`, `conveniton`, `convenntion`, `convension`, `conventino`, `conventionn`, `conventoin`, `conventtion`, `convetnion`, `convnetion`, `convvention`, `covnention`, `ocnvention`

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