connivence

/\kɔ.ni.vɑ̃s\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,918

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

connivence is aFrenchnoun. It means: Complicité par tolérance et dissimulation d’un mal qu’on doit ou qu’on peut empêcher. Pronounced \kɔ.ni.vɑ̃s\. Often confused with confidence.

Key facts for connivence
PropertyValue
Headwordconnivence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.ni.vɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#24,918
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of connivence in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for connivence is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.ni.vɑ̃s\. Corpus data places it at rank #24,918 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for connivence, with forms such as "cconnivence", "cnonivence", and "coninvence". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "confidence", 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 French form is connivence, spelled C-O-N-N-I-V-E-N-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Complicité par tolérance et dissimulation d’un mal qu’on doit ou qu’on peut empêcher.
  2. 2
    Entente secrète ou tacite, intelligence avec quelqu’un.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconnivence,cnonivence,coninvence,conivence,connievnce,connivecne,connivencce,connivenec,connivennce,connivnece,connivvence,connvience,ocnnivence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for connivence

Misspelling Variants of "connivence"

cconnivence11cnonivence10coninvence10conivence9connievnce10connivecne10connivencce11connivenec10
Misspelling Variants of "connivence"

Frequency rank: #24,918 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "connivence"?
"connivence" is spelled C-O-N-N-I-V-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ni.vɑ̃s\.
What does "connivence" mean?
As a noun, "connivence" means: Complicité par tolérance et dissimulation d’un mal qu’on doit ou qu’on peut empêcher.
What words are commonly confused with "connivence"?
"connivence" is commonly confused with "confidence". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "connivence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "connivence" is \kɔ.ni.vɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "connivence" come from?
"connivence" is a French 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.