Which to use
“connection” and “conviction” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,788
- “connection” frequency rank
- #6,071
- “conviction” frequency rank
- 25859
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | connection | conviction |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante orthographique de connexion. | Effet qu’une preuve évidente produit dans l’esprit, certitude que l’on a de la vérité d’un fait, d’un principe. |
Where the eye mixes connection and conviction
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: connection vs conviction
A purely visual mix-up. connection (\kɔ.nɛ.ksjɔ̃\) and conviction (\kɔ̃.vik.sjɔ̃\) 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 25859, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
connection is recorded at frequency rank #19,788, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.nɛ.ksjɔ̃\. conviction is at rank #6,071, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.vik.sjɔ̃\.
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 25859, this pair ranks #338,469 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of connection vs conviction
Shared letters: cinot. Private to "connection": e. Private to "conviction": v.
"connection" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "conviction" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- connection ← cconnection · cnonection · conection · conenction · conncetion · connecction · conneciton · connectino
- conviction ← cconviction · cnoviction · conivction · connviction · convcition · convicction · conviciton · convictino
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "connection" and "conviction" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "connection" vs "conviction" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "connection" and "conviction" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "connection" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conviction" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #338,469 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "connection" and "conviction" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "connection vs convection". 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 #338,469 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.