Which to use
“convention” and “conventions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,357
- “convention” frequency rank
- #7,548
- “conventions” frequency rank
- 9905
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | convention | conventions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de convenir, accord, pacte. | Pluriel de convention. |
Same sound, different letters: convention vs conventions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. convention runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against conventions's 11 (CVCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: convention vs conventions
This is the hard kind. convention and conventions are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “convention” sits inside “conventions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9905, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
convention is recorded at frequency rank #2,357, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. conventions is at rank #7,548, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.vɑ̃.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 9905, this pair ranks #414,978 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of convention vs conventions
Shared letters: ceinotv. Private to "convention": -. Private to "conventions": s.
"convention" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "conventions" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- convention ← cconvention · cnovention · conevntion · connvention · conveniton · convenntion · conventino · conventionn
- conventions ← cconventions · cnoventions · conevntions · connventions · convenitons · convenntions · conventinos · conventionns
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"convention" and "conventions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "convention" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conventions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #414,978 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "convention" and "conventions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concentrons vs conventions". 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 #414,978 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.