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Which to use

“conviene” and “convienen” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,389
“conviene” frequency rank
#36,998
“convienen” frequency rank
40387
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conviene convienen
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de convenir. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de convenir.

Where the eye mixes conviene and convienen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
conviene
9 ch
convienen

Visual trap between conviene and convienen

A purely visual mix-up. conviene ([kõmˈbjene]) and convienen ([kõmˈbjenẽn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “conviene” sits inside “convienen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conviene is recorded at frequency rank #3,389, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmˈbjene]. convienen is at rank #36,998, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõmˈbjenẽn].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 40387, this pair ranks #159,365 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conviene vs convienen

Shared letters: ceinov. Private to "conviene": -. Private to "convienen": -.

"conviene" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV  ·  "convienen" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • convienecconviene · cnoviene · conbiene · conivene · connviene · conveine · convieen · convienne
  • convienencconvienen · cnovienen · conbienen · conivenen · connvienen · conveinen · convieenn · convienenn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "conviene" and "convienen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõmˈbjene] versus [kõmˈbjenẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "conviene" vs "convienen" - which ranks higher?
"conviene" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,389 in our Spanish list, against #36,998 for "convienen". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "conviene" and "convienen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conviene" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "convienen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #159,365 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conviene" and "convienen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condenen vs convienen". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #159,365 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list