convers

\kɔ̃.vɛʁ\

/\kɔ̃.vɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“convers” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,431. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,431
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui était employé aux œuvres serviles d’un monastère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-convers · convers · French

convers · rank #48,431 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,431
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH convoquées

Nearest frequency peer: convoquées (+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 « convers »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « convers » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

convers vs cover
71% similar
convers vs covers
86% similar
convers vs couvert
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « convers »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).conversse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « convoquées » (#48,432), « contrastent » (#48,429), « confisquée » (#48,426). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « convers » est au #48,431. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around convers (IPA \kɔ̃.vɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,431 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il ne reste plus aujourd’hui dans les abbayes Cisterciennes que les pères, les frères lais ou convers, les oblats quand il y en a, et les paysans employés aux travaux des champs.
  2. Je quitte le lieutenant licencié et regagne le couvent, où la sœur converse m’annonce qu’un ami est venu me demander.

This word in other languages

lay(English)

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.

cconvers1cnovers2conevrs2connvers1converrs1converss1convesr2convres2
Edit distance from "convers"

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 "convers"?
"convers" is spelled C-O-N-V-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.vɛʁ\.
What does "convers" mean?
As an adjective, "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'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 "convers", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

charrie#48,403décousu#48,460déloyal#48,468canyons#48,393

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

CrossFit11 variantscuisante11 variantscolossaux11 variantsDompierre11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list