# converse

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈvɜːs/ · frequency rank #15,376

## Definitions
1. To talk; to engage in conversation.
2. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune.
3. To have knowledge of something, from long talk or study.

## Etymology
From Old French converser, from Latin conversor (“live, have dealings with”).

## Easily confused with
- **covers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/converse-vs-covers)
- **convert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/converse-vs-convert)
- **conveys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/converse-vs-conveys)
- **Conyers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/converse-vs-conyers)
- **converts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/converse-vs-converts)
- **converted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/converse-vs-converted)
- **converter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/converse-vs-converter)
- **conversely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/converse-vs-conversely)
- **convene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convene-vs-converse)
- **conserve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conserve-vs-converse)
- **converge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/converge-vs-converse)
- **condense** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condense-vs-converse)

## Common misspellings (12)
`cconverse`, `cnoverse`, `conevrse`, `connverse`, `converes`, `converrse`, `conversse`, `convesre`, `convrese`, `convverse`, `covnerse`, `ocnverse`

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