# convey

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈveɪ/ · frequency rank #9,155

## Definitions
1. To move (something) from one place to another.
2. To take or carry (someone) from one place to another.
3. To communicate; to make known; to portray.
4. To transfer legal rights (to).
5. To manage with privacy; to carry out.
6. To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.

## Etymology
From Middle English conveien, from Old French conveier (French convoyer), from Vulgar Latin *convio, from Classical Latin via (“way”). Compare convoy.

## Easily confused with
- **cove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convey-vs-cove)
- **cover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convey-vs-cover)
- **Corey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convey-vs-corey)
- **coven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convey-vs-coven)
- **convo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convey-vs-convo)
- **covet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convey-vs-covet)
- **covey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convey-vs-covey)
- **convoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convey-vs-convoy)
- **Conway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convey-vs-conway)
- **cooley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convey-vs-cooley)
- **Cowley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convey-vs-cowley)
- **Copley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convey-vs-copley)
- **Cooney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convey-vs-cooney)
- **conveys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convey-vs-conveys)
- **conveyed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convey-vs-conveyed)
- **conveyor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convey-vs-conveyor)
- **cone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cone-vs-convey)
- **Cones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-convey)
- **Comey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-convey)
- **conte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conte-vs-convey)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cconvey`, `cnovey`, `conevy`, `connvey`, `conveyy`, `convvey`, `convye`, `covney`, `ocnvey`

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