convinces
/kənˈvɪnsɪz/
"convinces" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“convinces” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,613. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,613
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of convince
Corpus desk
Index EN-convinces · convinces · English
convinces · rank #29,613 · 14 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,613
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH consumerism
Nearest frequency peer: consumerism (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “convinces”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- confided
confided
70,393 corpus weight
- Conroy
Conroy
70,392 corpus weight
- consumerism
consumerism
70,390 corpus weight
- convinces
convinces
70,388 corpus weight
- cosmology
cosmology
70,385 corpus weight
- Cranston
Cranston
70,384 corpus weight
What this shows “convinces” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | convinces |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kənˈvɪnsɪz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #29,613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “convinces”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around convinces (IPA /kənˈvɪnsɪz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,613 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of convince".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for convinces, with forms such as "cconvinces", "cnovinces", and "conivnces". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "convince", "confines", "continues", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is convinces, spelled C-O-N-V-I-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of convince
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconvinces
- cnovinces
- conivnces
- connvinces
- convicnes
- convincces
- convincess
- convincse
- convinecs
- convinnces
- convnices
- convvinces
- covninces
- ocnvinces
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of convinces - 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.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "convinces", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).