Which to use
“confiées” and “conviens” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,269
- “confiées” frequency rank
- #26,315
- “conviens” frequency rank
- 47584
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confiées | conviens |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de confier. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de convenir. |
Where the eye mixes confiées and conviens
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. confiées (CVCCVVVC) and conviens (CVCCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between confiées and conviens
A purely visual mix-up. confiées (\kɔ̃.fje\) and conviens (\kɔ̃.vjɛ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47584, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confiées is recorded at frequency rank #21,269, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.fje\. conviens is at rank #26,315, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.vjɛ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 47584, this pair ranks #185,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of confiées vs conviens
Shared letters: ceinos. Private to "confiées": fé. Private to "conviens": v.
"confiées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC · "conviens" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conviens ← cconviens · cnoviens · conivens · connviens · conveins · convienns · convienss · conviesn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "confiées" and "conviens" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "confiées" or "conviens"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "confiées" and "conviens" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "confiées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conviens" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #185,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confiées" and "conviens" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "convers vs conviens". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #185,795 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.