convers

/\kɔ̃.vɛʁ\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,431

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

convers is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui était employé aux œuvres serviles d’un monastère. Pronounced \kɔ̃.vɛʁ\. Often confused with cover and covers.

Key facts for convers
PropertyValue
Headwordconvers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\kɔ̃.vɛʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#48,431
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for convers is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for convers, with forms such as "cconvers", "cnovers", and "conevrs". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cover", "covers", "couvert", and more, 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 convers, spelled C-O-N-V-E-R-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui était employé aux œuvres serviles d’un monastère.
  2. 2
    Qui se tourne vers la religion, ou qui entre dans les ordres tardivement, à un âge avancé, par opposition aux oblats.
  3. 3
    Qualifie 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
  4. 4
    Mot 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for convers

Misspelling Variants of "convers"

cconvers8cnovers7conevrs7connvers8converrs8converss8convesr7convres7
Misspelling Variants of "convers"

Frequency rank: #48,431 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "convers"?
"convers" is spelled C-O-N-V-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.vɛʁ\.
What does "convers" mean?
As an adj, "convers" means: Qui était employé aux œuvres serviles d’un monastère.
What words are commonly confused with "convers"?
"convers" is commonly confused with "cover", "covers", "couvert". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "convers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "convers" is \kɔ̃.vɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "convers" come from?
"convers" 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.