convert

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “convert”

Definition

1. 1
   To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
2. 2
   To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
3. 3
   To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 12).
4. 4
   To exchange for something of equal value.
5. 5
   To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
6. 6
   To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.
7. 7
   To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
8. 8
   To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
9. 9
   To score extra points following a touchdown.
10. 10
    To score (especially a penalty kick).
11. 11
    To score a spare.
12. 12
    To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).
13. 13
    To become converted.
14. 14
    To cause to turn; to turn.
15. 15
    To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
16. 16
    To turn into another language; to translate.
17. 17
    To increase one's individual score, especially from 50 runs (a fifty) to 100 runs (a century), or from a century to a double or triple century.
18. 18
    To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion.
19. 19
    To transform a material or positional advantage into a win.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Proto-Italic *komwertō Latin convertōder. Old French convertirbor. Middle English converten English convert From Middle English converten, from Old French convertir, from Latin converto (“turn around”).

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

• cconvert
• cnovert
• conevrt
• connvert
• converrt
• convertt
• convetr
• convret
• convvert
• covnert
• ocnvert

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of convert - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "convert", not the corpus desk frequency band.