convention
\kɔ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“convention” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,357 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,357
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de convenir, accord, pacte.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | convention |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #2,357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “convention” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for convention is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,357 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for convention, with forms such as "cconvention", "cnovention", and "conevntion". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "conviction", "conversion", "conventions", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is convention, spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de convenir, accord, pacte.
- 2Clause ; condition.
- 3Ce qui est convenu, ce qui résulte d’un pacte implicite, par opposition à ce qui résulte des lois mêmes de la nature ou de la force des choses.
- 4Accord tacite par lequel on admet certaines fictions, certains procédés qui s’éloignent de la réalité, mais qui paraissent indispensables pour produire l’effet voulu.
- 5Assemblée nationale formée pour établir une constitution, ou pour la changer, la modifier, etc.
- 6L'assemblée nationale qui se réunit à Paris au mois de septembre 1792 et qui exerça tous les pouvoirs jusqu’en octobre 1795. → voir Convention
- 7Rassemblement organisé par un parti politique américain afin de choisir son candidat à l’élection présidentielle.
- 8Rassemblement thématique servant de lieu de rencontre entre les professionnels d’un milieu et un public.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconvention,cnovention,conevntion,connvention,conveniton,convenntion,conventino,conventionn,conventoin,conventtion,convetnion,convnetion,convvention,covnention,ocnvention
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of convention - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “convention”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-V-E-N-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “conviction” - see the side-by-side comparison. convention vs conviction
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.