convento

[kõmˈbẽn̪t̪o]

/[kõmˈbẽn̪t̪o]/ noun

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The verdict

“convento” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,295. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,295
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Comunidad de religiosos regulares, en especial los católicos, que habitan en una misma residencia.

Corpus desk

Index ES-convento · convento · Spanish

convento · rank #5,295 · 13 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,295
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH considerable

Nearest frequency peer: considerable (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “convento”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “convento” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

convento vs convertí
75% similar
convento vs convenza
75% similar
convento vs converso
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for convento
PropertyValue
Headwordconvento
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõmˈbẽn̪t̪o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,295
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “convento”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).conventocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “considerable” (#5,294), “Coro” (#5,296), “compró” (#5,293). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “convento” va en #5,295. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around convento (IPA [kõmˈbẽn̪t̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,295 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for convento, with forms such as "cconvento", "cnovento", and "conbento". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "convertí", "convenza", "converso", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is convento, spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Comunidad de religiosos regulares, en especial los católicos, que habitan en una misma residencia.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, casa o monasterio de una comunidad tal.
  3. 3
    Hueco entre las cuadernas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how convento appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «En uno y otro convento dejó la fundadora varias cartas de SANTA TERESA de las que había recibido el padre Gracian».
  2. Con oro nada hay que falle. Ciutti, ya sabes mi intento: a las nueve en el convento, a las diez en esta calle.". Zorrilla, José 1844) Don Juan Tenorio.

This word in other languages

convent(English)couvent(Français)Kloster(Deutsch)convento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconvento
  • cnovento
  • conbento
  • conevnto
  • connvento
  • convennto
  • convenot
  • conventto
  • convetno
  • convneto
  • convvento
  • covnento
  • ocnvento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of convento - 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.

cconvento1cnovento2conbento1conevnto2connvento1convennto1convenot2conventto1
Edit distance from "convento"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "convento"?
"convento" is spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kõmˈbẽn̪t̪o].
What does "convento" mean?
As a noun, "convento" means: Comunidad de religiosos regulares, en especial los católicos, que habitan en una misma residencia.
What words are commonly confused with "convento"?
"convento" is commonly confused with "convertí", "convenza", "converso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "convento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "convento" is [kõmˈbẽn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "convento" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "convento", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list