confiésvsconviensConfusable pair

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.

7 ch
confiés
8 ch
conviens

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": . Private to "conviens": ev.

"confiés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "conviens" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • convienscconviens · cnoviens · conivens · connviens · conveins · convienns · convienss · conviesn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "confiés" for "conviens" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.fje\ versus \kɔ̃.vjɛ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "confiés" vs "conviens" - which ranks higher?
"confiés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,096 in our French list, against #26,315 for "conviens". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list