# convex

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkɒn.vɛks/ · frequency rank #20,597

## Definitions
1. Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
2. having an epigraph that is a convex set.
3. having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
4. arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French convexe, from Latin convexus (“arched”).

## Easily confused with
- **cove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convex-vs-cove)
- **cover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convex-vs-cover)
- **coven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convex-vs-coven)
- **convo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convex-vs-convo)
- **covet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convex-vs-covet)
- **covey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convex-vs-covey)
- **convey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convex-vs-convey)
- **convoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convex-vs-convoy)
- **cortex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convex-vs-cortex)
- **conveys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convex-vs-conveys)
- **cone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cone-vs-convex)
- **Cones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-convex)
- **codex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codex-vs-convex)
- **conte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conte-vs-convex)
- **Coney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coney-vs-convex)
- **conde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conde-vs-convex)
- **confer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confer-vs-convex)
- **Conley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conley-vs-convex)
- **conned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conned-vs-convex)
- **context** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/context-vs-convex)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cconvex`, `cnovex`, `conevx`, `connvex`, `convexx`, `convvex`, `convxe`, `covnex`, `ocnvex`

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