conviction

\kɔ̃.vik.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.vik.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“conviction” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,071. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,071
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Effet qu’une preuve évidente produit dans l’esprit, certitude que l’on a de la vérité d’un fait, d’un principe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-conviction · conviction · French

conviction · rank #6,071 · 15 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,071
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contenir

Nearest frequency peer: contenir (-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 « conviction »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « conviction » 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).

conviction vs convictions
91% similar
conviction vs convocation
82% similar
conviction vs condition
80% similar

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

Key facts for conviction
PropertyValue
Headwordconviction
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.vik.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,071
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « conviction »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).convictionse 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 « contenir » (#6,070), « correction » (#6,072), « constructions » (#6,069). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « conviction » est au #6,071. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around conviction (IPA \kɔ̃.vik.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,071 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for conviction, with forms such as "cconviction", "cnoviction", and "conivction". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "convictions", "convocation", "condition", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is conviction, spelled C-O-N-V-I-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Effet qu’une preuve évidente produit dans l’esprit, certitude que l’on a de la vérité d’un fait, d’un principe.
  2. 2
    Preuve évidente d’un fait dont quelqu’un est accusé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quelles que soient la bonne foi et la conviction de ceux qui proclament le danger de cet article, et qui veulent le faire rejeter, j'atteste qu'avec la même bonne foi je suis intimement convaincu de ses salutaires effets.
  2. Il est certaines situations dont bénéficient seuls les gens tarés. Ils fondent leur fortune là où des hommes mieux posés et plus influents n’auraient point osé risquer la leur. Certes, Roudier, Granoux et les autres, par leur position d’hommes riches et respectés, semblaient devoir être mille fois préférés à Pierre comme chefs actifs du parti conservateur…

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconviction
  • cnoviction
  • conivction
  • connviction
  • convcition
  • convicction
  • conviciton
  • convictino
  • convictionn
  • convictoin
  • convicttion
  • convitcion
  • convviction
  • covniction
  • ocnviction

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conviction - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cconviction1cnoviction2conivction2connviction1convcition2convicction1conviciton2convictino2
Edit distance from "conviction"

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 "conviction"?
"conviction" is spelled C-O-N-V-I-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.vik.sjɔ̃\.
What does "conviction" mean?
As a noun, "conviction" means: Effet qu’une preuve évidente produit dans l’esprit, certitude que l’on a de la vérité d’un fait, d’un principe.
What words are commonly confused with "conviction"?
"conviction" is commonly confused with "convictions", "convocation", "condition". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conviction"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conviction" is \kɔ̃.vik.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conviction" come from?
"conviction" 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 "conviction", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list