convivial
/kənˈvɪv.i.əl/
"convivial" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“convivial” is uncommon English (frequency #59,981 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,981
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity
Corpus desk
Index EN-convivial · convivial · English
convivial · rank #59,981 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,981
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH conversant
Nearest frequency peer: conversant (-1 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.
Long-tail ranks near “convivial”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- convenor
convenor
40,022 corpus weight
- conversant
conversant
40,021 corpus weight
- convivial
convivial
40,020 corpus weight
- Coquitlam
Coquitlam
40,019 corpus weight
- corse
corse
40,018 corpus weight
- coulomb
coulomb
40,017 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “convivial” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | convivial |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kənˈvɪv.i.əl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “convivial” in English
Rare enough to double-check
convivial is uncommon English at frequency #59,981 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kənˈvɪv.i.əl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity".
convivial doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French convivial, from Latin convīvium (“a feast”), combined form of con- (“together”) + vīvō (“to live”). The correct English form is convivial, spelled C-O-N-V-I-V-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how convivial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I put the chief of police behind the bar, instructed him in his duties, and we four convivial spirits sprawled along the counter drinking ale and telling yarns till cockcrow.
Etymology
Borrowed from French convivial, from Latin convīvium (“a feast”), combined form of con- (“together”) + vīvō (“to live”).
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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