convención

/[kõmbẽnˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,406

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

convención is aSpanishnoun. It means: Práctica o principio que se ha establecido por la costumbre o se acepta mayoritariamente. Pronounced [kõmbẽnˈsjõn]. It ranks #4,406 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with convenio and convenios.

Key facts for convención
PropertyValue
Headwordconvención
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõmbẽnˈsjõn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,406
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of convención in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for convención is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõmbẽnˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,406 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for convención, with forms such as "cconvención", "cnovención", and "conbención". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "convenio", "convenios", "convicción", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is convención, spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Práctica o principio que se ha establecido por la costumbre o se acepta mayoritariamente.
  2. 2
    Acuerdo o pacto establecido y aceptado por conveniencia.
  3. 3
    Asamblea o reunión formal de carácter profesional o político.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconvención,cnovención,conbención,conevnción,connvención,convecnión,convencción,convencinó,convenciónn,convencóin,convenicón,convennción,convensión,convneción,convvención,covnención,ocnvención

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for convención

Misspelling Variants of "convención"

cconvención11cnovención10conbención10conevnción10connvención11convecnión10convencción11convencinó10
Misspelling Variants of "convención"

Frequency rank: #4,406 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "convención"?
"convención" is spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kõmbẽnˈsjõn].
What does "convención" mean?
As a noun, "convención" means: Práctica o principio que se ha establecido por la costumbre o se acepta mayoritariamente.
What words are commonly confused with "convención"?
"convención" is commonly confused with "convenio", "convenios", "convicción". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "convención"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "convención" is [kõmbẽnˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "convención" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.