convocation

\kɔ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“convocation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,301. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,301
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de convoquer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-convocation · convocation · French

convocation · rank #10,301 · 16 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,301
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH convergence

Nearest frequency peer: convergence (-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 « convocation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « convocation » 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).

convocation vs convocations
92% similar
convocation vs conviction
82% similar
convocation vs colocation
82% similar

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

Key facts for convocation
PropertyValue
Headwordconvocation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#10,301
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « convocation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.convocationse 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 « convergence » (#10,300), « consultations » (#10,299), « couramment » (#10,303). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « convocation » est au #10,301. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around convocation (IPA \kɔ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,301 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for convocation, with forms such as "cconvocation", "cnovocation", and "connvocation". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "convocations", "conviction", "colocation", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is convocation, spelled C-O-N-V-O-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de convoquer.
  2. 2
    Le billet ou la lettre de convocation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il en rêvait tellement, l’imbécile, que profitant d'une convocation chez le juge, nous concernant l'un et l'autre, il prévint ses potes photographes que je serai piégeable dans les couloirs du palais.
  2. Aussi, les quelques jours avant de regagner Nîmes, j’étais un peu anxieux par rapport au résultat de cette convocation.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconvocation
  • cnovocation
  • connvocation
  • conovcation
  • convcoation
  • convoaction
  • convocaiton
  • convocatino
  • convocationn
  • convocatoin
  • convocattion
  • convoccation
  • convoctaion
  • convvocation
  • covnocation
  • ocnvocation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconvocation1cnovocation2connvocation1conovcation2convcoation2convoaction2convocaiton2convocatino2
Edit distance from "convocation"

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 "convocation"?
"convocation" is spelled C-O-N-V-O-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "convocation" mean?
As a noun, "convocation" means: Action de convoquer.
What words are commonly confused with "convocation"?
"convocation" is commonly confused with "convocations", "conviction", "colocation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "convocation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "convocation" is \kɔ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "convocation" come from?
"convocation" 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 "convocation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list