Which to use
“contiennent” and “conviennent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,941
- “contiennent” frequency rank
- #14,434
- “conviennent” frequency rank
- 21375
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contiennent | conviennent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contenir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de convenir. |
Where the eye mixes contiennent and conviennent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. contiennent and conviennent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between contiennent and conviennent
A purely visual mix-up. contiennent (\kɔ̃.tjɛn\) and conviennent (\kɔ̃.vjɛn\) 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 a single letter - t in “contiennent” becomes v in “conviennent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21375, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contiennent is recorded at frequency rank #6,941, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.tjɛn\. conviennent is at rank #14,434, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.vjɛn\.
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 21375, this pair ranks #363,496 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of contiennent vs conviennent
Shared letters: ceinot. Private to "contiennent": -. Private to "conviennent": v.
"contiennent" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCC · "conviennent" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- contiennent ← ccontiennent · cnotiennent · conitennent · conntiennent · conteinnent · contienennt · contienent · contiennennt
- conviennent ← cconviennent · cnoviennent · conivennent · connviennent · conveinnent · convienennt · convienent · conviennennt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "contiennent" and "conviennent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "contiennent" or "conviennent" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "contiennent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conviennent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #363,496 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contiennent" and "conviennent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contienne vs contiennent". 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 #363,496 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.