convencional

/[kõmbẽnsjoˈnal]/ adj

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,696

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

20

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

convencional is anSpanishadj. It means: Que se ha establecido por la costumbre o según normas que pueden ser tácitas o estar formuladas explícitamente. Pronounced [kõmbẽnsjoˈnal]. It ranks #7,696 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with convenciones and convencionales.

Key facts for convencional
PropertyValue
Headwordconvencional
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[kõmbẽnsjoˈnal]
Letters12
Frequency rank#7,696
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for convencional is 12 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõmbẽnsjoˈnal]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,696 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 20 documented wrong-spelling variants for convencional, with forms such as "cconvencional", "cnovencional", and "conbencional". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "convenciones", "convencionales", "convención", 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 convencional, spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-C-I-O-N-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que se ha establecido por la costumbre o según normas que pueden ser tácitas o estar formuladas explícitamente.
  2. 2
    Que sigue lo establecido por la tradición o por normas aceptadas por la mayoría y que, por extensión, es poco original.
  3. 3
    Tradicional, que no incorpora innovaciones recientes.
  4. 4
    Que pertenece o concierne a una convención o un pacto.
  5. 5
    Se dice de armamento y guerras que no emplean armas biológicas, nucleares ni químicas.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconvencional,cnovencional,conbencional,conevncional,connvencional,convecnional,convenccional,convencinoal,convencioanl,convencionall,convencionla,convencionnal,convencoinal,conveniconal,convenncional,convensional,convnecional,convvencional,covnencional,ocnvencional

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for convencional

Misspelling Variants of "convencional"

cconvencional13cnovencional12conbencional12conevncional12connvencional13convecnional12convenccional13convencinoal12
Misspelling Variants of "convencional"

Frequency rank: #7,696 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "convencional"?
"convencional" is spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-C-I-O-N-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [kõmbẽnsjoˈnal].
What does "convencional" mean?
As an adj, "convencional" means: Que se ha establecido por la costumbre o según normas que pueden ser tácitas o estar formuladas explícitamente.
What words are commonly confused with "convencional"?
"convencional" is commonly confused with "convenciones", "convencionales", "convención". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "convencional"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "convencional" is [kõmbẽnsjoˈnal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "convencional" come from?
"convencional" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.