confitsvsconviésWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“confits” and “conviés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,944
“confits” frequency rank
#30,962
“conviés” frequency rank
75906
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature confits conviés
Definition Masculin pluriel de confit. Masculin pluriel de convié.

Where the eye mixes confits and conviés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. confits (CVCCVCC) and conviés (CVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
confits
7 ch
conviés

Visual trap between confits and conviés

A purely visual mix-up. confits (\kɔ̃.fi\) and conviés (\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 75906, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

confits is recorded at frequency rank #44,944, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.fi\. conviés is at rank #30,962, tagged as anadj, 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 75906, this pair ranks #32,681 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of confits vs conviés

Shared letters: cinos. Private to "confits": ft. Private to "conviés": vé.

"confits" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "conviés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • confits ← cconfits · cnofits · cofnits · conffits · confist · confitss · confitts · conftis

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "confits" and "conviés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.fi\ versus \kɔ̃.vje\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "confits" vs "conviés" - which ranks higher?
"conviés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,962 in our French list, against #44,944 for "confits". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "confits" and "conviés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "confits" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conviés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,681 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "confits" and "conviés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confiez vs confits". 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 #32,681 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