convers
\kɔ̃.vɛʁ\
The verdict
“convers” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #48,431 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #48,431
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui était employé aux œuvres serviles d’un monastère.
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 | convers |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.vɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,431 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “convers” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for convers is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.vɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #48,431 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for convers, with forms such as "cconvers", "cnovers", and "conevrs". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cover", "covers", "couvert", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is convers, spelled C-O-N-V-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Qui était employé aux œuvres serviles d’un monastère.
- 2Qui se tourne vers la religion, ou qui entre dans les ordres tardivement, à un âge avancé, par opposition aux oblats.
- 3Qualifie une proposition où, de l’attribut de la première, on fait le sujet de la seconde, et du sujet de la première l’attribut de la seconde, sans que la proposition cesse d’être vraie. → voir converse
- 4Mot ou lexème formé par un changement de classe de mot, par conversion.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconvers,cnovers,conevrs,connvers,converrs,converss,convesr,convres,convvers,covners,ocnvers
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of convers - 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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Using “convers”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-V-E-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃.vɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cover” - see the side-by-side comparison. convers vs cover
- 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.