convent

\kɔ̃.vɑ̃\

/\kɔ̃.vɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“convent” is uncommon French (frequency #64,336 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,336
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couvent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-convent · convent · French

convent · rank #64,336 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,336
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contentons

Nearest frequency peer: contentons (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « convent »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « convent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for convent
PropertyValue
Headwordconvent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.vɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#64,336
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « convent » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.conventtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « contentons » (#64,335), « convoqua » (#64,337), « constitueraient » (#64,334). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « convent » est au #64,336. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

convent is uncommon French at frequency #64,336 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.vɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for convent, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is convent, spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couvent.
  2. 2
    Assemblée législative des députés des loges.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Clélia (…) jouissait de la liberté du convent.
  2. convent régional, national, international.

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 "convent"?
"convent" is spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.vɑ̃\.
What does "convent" mean?
As a noun, "convent" means: Couvent.
How do you pronounce "convent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "convent" is \kɔ̃.vɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "convent" come from?
"convent" 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 "convent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

coupeur#64,345Cogolin#64,322croyiez#64,352cubitus#64,356

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list