confluence

\kɔ̃.flɥɑ̃s\

/\kɔ̃.flɥɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“confluence” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,435. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,435
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Point où un cours d’eau, appelé affluent, se jette dans un autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-confluence · confluence · French

confluence · rank #35,435 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,435
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH concourent

Nearest frequency peer: concourent (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « confluence »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « confluence » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

confluence vs confluent
80% similar
confluence vs conférence
80% similar
confluence vs confidence
80% similar

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

Key facts for confluence
PropertyValue
Headwordconfluence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.flɥɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#35,435
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « confluence »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).confluencese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « concourent » (#35,434), « compulsif » (#35,433), « congelés » (#35,437). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « confluence » est au #35,435. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around confluence (IPA \kɔ̃.flɥɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,435 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for confluence, with forms such as "cconfluence", "cnofluence", and "cofnluence". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "confluent", "conférence", "confidence", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is confluence, spelled C-O-N-F-L-U-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Point où un cours d’eau, appelé affluent, se jette dans un autre.
  2. 2
    Rencontre de deux vallées glaciaires.
  3. 3
    Endroit de la circulation atmosphérique où les isolignes de pression convergent.
  4. 4
    Terme de culture cellulaire qui décrit le degré d’écartement qui existe entre cellules adhérentes cultivées en monocouche sur un support approprié. Pour exemple, 100 % de confluence décrit un tapis cellulaire ne présentant aucun interstice entre deux cellules : en clair, elles se touchent toutes.
  5. 5
    Propriété d’un système de réécriture qui est convergent.
  6. 6
    Point où se rassemblent deux choses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Progressivement, et par une tout autre voie que Banville, il a également abouti à des strophes et à des poèmes isosexuels. Verlaine est au point de confluence de tous ces essais.
  2. La confluence de ces deux menaces présage d’un automne chargé sur la colline du Capitole.

This word in other languages

confluence(English)confluencia(Español)Mündung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconfluence
  • cnofluence
  • cofnluence
  • conffluence
  • confleunce
  • conflluence
  • confluecne
  • confluencce
  • confluenec
  • confluennce
  • conflunece
  • confulence
  • conlfuence
  • connfluence
  • ocnfluence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of confluence - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cconfluence1cnofluence2cofnluence2conffluence1confleunce2conflluence1confluecne2confluencce1
Edit distance from "confluence"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "confluence"?
"confluence" is spelled C-O-N-F-L-U-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.flɥɑ̃s\.
What does "confluence" mean?
As a noun, "confluence" means: Point où un cours d’eau, appelé affluent, se jette dans un autre.
What words are commonly confused with "confluence"?
"confluence" is commonly confused with "confluent", "conférence", "confidence". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confluence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confluence" is \kɔ̃.flɥɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confluence" come from?
"confluence" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

concourent#35,434contentait#35,439Chevallier#35,425coordonnés#35,446

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

contrebasse15 variantschoisissons15 variantscardiologie15 variantsdogmatisme15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list