Which to use
“confiés” and “conviens” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,096
- “confiés” frequency rank
- #26,315
- “conviens” frequency rank
- 46411
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confiés | conviens |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de confier. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de convenir. |
Where the eye mixes confiés and conviens
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: confiés vs conviens
A purely visual mix-up. confiés (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46411, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confiés is recorded at frequency rank #20,096, 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 46411, this pair ranks #195,166 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of confiés vs conviens
Shared letters: cinos. Private to "confiés": fé. Private to "conviens": ev.
"confiés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "conviens" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conviens ← cconviens · cnoviens · conivens · connviens · conveins · convienns · convienss · conviesn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "confiés" for "conviens" ever safe?
Frequency check: "confiés" vs "conviens" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "confiés" 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 #195,166 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confiés" 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 #195,166 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.