convoquer

\kɔ̃.vɔ.ke\

/\kɔ̃.vɔ.ke\/ verb

The verdict

“convoquer” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,161. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,161
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avertir ou ordonner de se réunir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-convoquer · convoquer · French

convoquer · rank #18,161 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,161
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH congolaise

Nearest frequency peer: congolaise (-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 « convoquer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « convoquer » 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).

convoquer vs convoqués
78% similar
convoquer vs convoque
89% similar
convoquer vs convoquée
78% similar

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

Key facts for convoquer
PropertyValue
Headwordconvoquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.vɔ.ke\
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,161
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « convoquer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).convoquerse 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 « congolaise » (#18,160), « confrère » (#18,159), « daisy » (#18,163). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « convoquer » est au #18,161. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around convoquer (IPA \kɔ̃.vɔ.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,161 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for convoquer, with forms such as "cconvoquer", "cnovoquer", and "connvoquer". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "convoqués", "convoque", "convoquée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is convoquer, spelled C-O-N-V-O-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avertir ou ordonner de se réunir.
  2. 2
    Faire appel à, réunir, rassembler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je suis habitué à ces fantaisies d’officiers. A la caserne, on est fréquemment convoqué par un capitaine inconnu qui veut connaître sans délai l’horaire de paquebots pour la Chine […].
  2. Faire lanterner des heures durant ceux qu’il avait convoqués, déjeuner à pas d’heure ou procéder à une inspection générale d’une caserne en pleine nuit, faisaient partie de ses habitudes.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconvoquer
  • cnovoquer
  • connvoquer
  • conovquer
  • convoqeur
  • convoqquer
  • convoquerr
  • convoqure
  • convouqer
  • convqouer
  • convvoquer
  • covnoquer
  • ocnvoquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of convoquer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cconvoquer1cnovoquer2connvoquer1conovquer2convoqeur2convoqquer1convoquerr1convoqure2
Edit distance from "convoquer"

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 "convoquer"?
"convoquer" is spelled C-O-N-V-O-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.vɔ.ke\.
What does "convoquer" mean?
As a verb, "convoquer" means: Avertir ou ordonner de se réunir.
What words are commonly confused with "convoquer"?
"convoquer" is commonly confused with "convoqués", "convoque", "convoquée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "convoquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "convoquer" is \kɔ̃.vɔ.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "convoquer" come from?
"convoquer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list