Which to use
“confit” and “convié” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,756
- “confit” frequency rank
- #29,299
- “convié” frequency rank
- 62055
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confit | convié |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Spécialité culinaire de Gascogne à base de viande cuite dans de la graisse. | Très souvent employé comme nom avec le sens d’invité à un repas de cérémonie. |
Where the eye mixes confit and convié
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. confit (CVCCVC) and convié (CVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between confit and convié
A purely visual mix-up. confit (\kɔ̃.fi\) and convié (\kɔ̃.vje\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62055, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confit is recorded at frequency rank #32,756, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.fi\. convié is at rank #29,299, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.vje\.
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 62055, this pair ranks #89,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of confit vs convié
Shared letters: cino. Private to "confit": ft. Private to "convié": vé.
"confit" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "convié" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- confit ← cconfit · cnofit · cofnit · conffit · confitt · confti · conift · connfit
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "confit" and "convié" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "confit" or "convié"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "confit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "convié" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #89,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confit" and "convié" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs convié". 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 #89,073 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.