convoi

/\kɔ̃.vwa\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,367

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

convoi is aFrenchnoun. It means: Réunion plus ou moins grande de navires de commerce naviguant sous l’escorte d’un ou de plusieurs vaisseaux armés. Pronounced \kɔ̃.vwa\. It ranks #8,367 in French word frequency. Often confused with convois and convoite.

Key facts for convoi
PropertyValue
Headwordconvoi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.vwa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,367
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for convoi is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.vwa\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,367 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for convoi, with forms such as "cconvoi", "cnovoi", and "connvoi". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "convois", "convoite", "Congo", 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 convoi, spelled C-O-N-V-O-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réunion plus ou moins grande de navires de commerce naviguant sous l’escorte d’un ou de plusieurs vaisseaux armés.
  2. 2
    Force navale qui escorte.
  3. 3
    Transport de munitions, de vivres, etc.
  4. 4
    Troupes que l’on transporte d’un point à un autre.
  5. 5
    Suite de wagons formant un train.
  6. 6
    Train même ou ensemble de personnes qui voyagent dans ce train.
  7. 7
    Plusieurs véhicules empruntant ensemble le même trajet.
  8. 8
    Cortège lors des obsèques.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconvoi,cnovoi,connvoi,conovi,convio,convvoi,covnoi,ocnvoi

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for convoi

Misspelling Variants of "convoi"

cconvoi7cnovoi6connvoi7conovi6convio6convvoi7covnoi6ocnvoi6
Misspelling Variants of "convoi"

Frequency rank: #8,367 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "convoi"?
"convoi" is spelled C-O-N-V-O-I. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.vwa\.
What does "convoi" mean?
As a noun, "convoi" means: Réunion plus ou moins grande de navires de commerce naviguant sous l’escorte d’un ou de plusieurs vaisseaux armés.
What words are commonly confused with "convoi"?
"convoi" is commonly confused with "convois", "convoite", "Congo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "convoi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "convoi" is \kɔ̃.vwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "convoi" come from?
"convoi" 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.