convergence
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "convergence", 11-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "convergence" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "convergence" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
convergence is aEnglishnoun. It means: The act of moving toward union or uniformity. Pronounced /kənˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/. Often confused with convergent and conference.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | convergence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kənˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #15,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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The English entry for convergence is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kənˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,788 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for convergence, with forms such as "cconvergence", "cnovergence", and "conevrgence". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "convergent", "conference", "convenience", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From converge + -ence (after Latin convergentia). Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is convergence, spelled C-O-N-V-E-R-G-E-N-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1The act of moving toward union or uniformity.
- 2A meeting place.
- 3The intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT.
- 4The process or property of approaching some limiting value; typically of an infinite series.
- 5The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range.
- 6The evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution.
- 7The hypothesis that poorer economies' per capita incomes tend to grow faster than richer economies.
- 8The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole.
- 9A zone where two prevailing wind flows meet and interact, resulting in distinctive weather conditions.
Etymology
From converge + -ence (after Latin convergentia).
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconvergence,cnovergence,conevrgence,connvergence,convegrence,converegnce,convergance,convergecne,convergencce,convergenec,convergennce,converggence,convergnece,converrgence,convregence,convvergence,covnergence,ocnvergence
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Misspelling Variants of "convergence"
Frequency rank: #15,788 in English
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