convergence
\kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s\
The verdict
“convergence” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,300. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,300
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de converger.
Corpus desk
Index FR-convergence · convergence · French
convergence · rank #10,300 · 17 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,300
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH consultations
Nearest frequency peer: consultations (-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 « convergence »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- consistant
consistant
89,704 corpus weight
- consulat
consulat
89,703 corpus weight
- consultatio…
consultations
89,702 corpus weight
- convergence
convergence
89,701 corpus weight
- convocation
convocation
89,700 corpus weight
- couramment
couramment
89,698 corpus weight
What this shows « convergence » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | convergence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #10,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « convergence »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around convergence (IPA \kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,300 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for convergence, with forms such as "cconvergence", "cnovergence", and "conevrgence". 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, "convergent", "convergences", "conférence", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is convergence, spelled C-O-N-V-E-R-G-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Action de converger.
- 2Propriété d’être convergent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how convergence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le malaise qu’on ressent devant l’éclatement du monde a également donné le jour à la théorie de la convergence entre l’Occident — plus avancé — et l’Union soviétique, construction flatteuse qui oublie seulement que le développement de chacun ne les conduit absolument pas vers une fusion, et que l’on ne saurait même transformer l’un sur le modèle de l’autr…
La convergence et la coïncidence de quatre crises mondiales majeures bouleversent les principes sur lesquels les sociétés occidentales fondaient leur prospérité et leur développement.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconvergence
- cnovergence
- conevrgence
- connvergence
- convegrence
- converegnce
- convergecne
- convergencce
- convergenec
- convergennce
- converggence
- convergnece
- converrgence
- convregence
- convvergence
- covnergence
- ocnvergence
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of convergence - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).