# convict

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈvɪkt/ · frequency rank #13,693

## Definitions
1. To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.
2. To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).

## Etymology
From Middle English convicten, from Anglo-Norman convicter, from Latin convictus, the past participle of convincō (“to convict”). Doublet of convince. Displaced native Old English forwyrċan (“to convict, condemn”).

## Easily confused with
- **convince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convict-vs-convince)
- **convicted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convict-vs-convicted)
- **contact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contact-vs-convict)
- **conduct** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conduct-vs-convict)
- **connect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connect-vs-convict)
- **convert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convert-vs-convict)
- **consist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consist-vs-convict)
- **convent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convent-vs-convict)
- **conflict** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conflict-vs-convict)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cconvict`, `cnovict`, `conivct`, `connvict`, `convcit`, `convicct`, `convictt`, `convitc`, `convvict`, `covnict`, `ocnvict`

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