convient

\kɔ̃.vjɛ̃\

/\kɔ̃.vjɛ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“convient” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,869. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,869
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe convenir (utilisé le plus souvent sur le mode impersonnel).

Corpus desk

Index FR-convient · convient · French

convient · rank #2,869 · 12 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,869
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH compagnies

Nearest frequency peer: compagnies (-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 « convient »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « convient » 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).

convient vs couvent
75% similar
convient vs conviés
63% similar
convient vs couvrent
75% similar

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

Key facts for convient
PropertyValue
Headwordconvient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.vjɛ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,869
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « convient »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).convientse 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 « compagnies » (#2,868), « coopération » (#2,870), « commissaire » (#2,867). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « convient » est au #2,869. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around convient (IPA \kɔ̃.vjɛ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,869 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe convenir (utilisé le plus souvent sur le mode impersonnel).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for convient, with forms such as "cconvient", "cnovient", and "conivent". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "couvent", "conviés", "couvrent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is convient, spelled C-O-N-V-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe convenir (utilisé le plus souvent sur le mode impersonnel).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il s’agit donc de les aider à (ré)investir la relation sur un mode qui leur convient, autrement dit de « re-relationnaliser » le deuil.
  2. Les jeunes femmes ont un sens aigu de ce qu’il convient de faire et de ne pas faire quand on a cessé d’être jeune. « Je ne comprends pas, disent-elles, que passé quarante ans on se teigne en blond ; qu’on s’exhibe en bikini ; qu’on coquette avec les hommes. Moi, quand j’aurai cet âge-là… »

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconvient
  • cnovient
  • conivent
  • connvient
  • conveint
  • conviennt
  • convientt
  • convietn
  • convinet
  • convvient
  • covnient
  • ocnvient

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of convient - 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.

cconvient1cnovient2conivent2connvient1conveint2conviennt1convientt1convietn2
Edit distance from "convient"

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 "convient"?
"convient" is spelled C-O-N-V-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.vjɛ̃\.
What does "convient" mean?
As a verb, "convient" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe convenir (utilisé le plus souvent sur le mode impersonnel).
What words are commonly confused with "convient"?
"convient" is commonly confused with "couvent", "conviés", "couvrent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "convient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "convient" is \kɔ̃.vjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "convient" come from?
"convient" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "convient", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

utilisés#2,858lunettes#2,883semblait#2,898Standard#2,900

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

commissaire12 variantsjuridique12 variantsjournées12 variantschambres12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list