# convince

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈvɪns/ · frequency rank #4,592

## Definitions
1. To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
2. To persuade.
3. To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
4. To behave believably in a role; to make someone perceive oneself as the character being portrayed.
5. To confute; to prove wrong.
6. To prove guilty; to convict.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin convincō (“I refute, prove”), from con- + vincō (“I conquer, vanquish”). Doublet of convict. Displaced native Old English oferreċċan.

## Easily confused with
- **convinced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convince-vs-convinced)
- **convinces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convince-vs-convinces)
- **convict** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convict-vs-convince)
- **convene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convene-vs-convince)
- **confine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confine-vs-convince)
- **continue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/continue-vs-convince)

## Common misspellings (12)
`cconvince`, `cnovince`, `conivnce`, `connvince`, `convicne`, `convincce`, `convinec`, `convinnce`, `convnice`, `convvince`, `covnince`, `ocnvince`

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