convoyer

\kɔ̃.vwa.je\

/\kɔ̃.vwa.je\/ verb

The verdict

“convoyer” is uncommon French (frequency #68,942 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,942
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accompagner ; escorter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-convoyer · convoyer · French

convoyer · rank #68,942 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,942
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conventionnés

Nearest frequency peer: conventionnés (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « convoyer »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « convoyer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for convoyer
PropertyValue
Headwordconvoyer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.vwa.je\
Letters8
Frequency rank#68,942
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « convoyer » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.convoyertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « conventionnés » (#68,941), « coordinateurs » (#68,943), « convenez » (#68,940). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « convoyer » est au #68,942. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

convoyer is uncommon French at frequency #68,942 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.vwa.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for convoyer, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is convoyer, spelled C-O-N-V-O-Y-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Accompagner ; escorter.
  2. 2
    Transporter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les glaces de la mer Blanche n'avaient que peu de rapports avec celles de la banquise, et les cargos étaient précédés et convoyés par de remarquables « brise-glaces ».
  2. Convoyer des sommes importantes.

This word in other languages

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 "convoyer"?
"convoyer" is spelled C-O-N-V-O-Y-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.vwa.je\.
What does "convoyer" mean?
As a verb, "convoyer" means: Accompagner ; escorter.
How do you pronounce "convoyer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "convoyer" is \kɔ̃.vwa.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "convoyer" come from?
"convoyer" 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 "convoyer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list