convertievsconvertisWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: convertie is a noun, convertis is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“convertie” is a noun and “convertis” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,810
“convertie” frequency rank
#15,342
“convertis” frequency rank
38152
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature convertie convertis
Definition Femme convertie (à une religion ou à une idée). Masculin pluriel de converti.

Same sound, different letters: convertie vs convertis

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. convertie (CVCCVCCVV) and convertis (CVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
convertie
9 ch
convertis

Homophone desk: convertie vs convertis

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: convertie and convertis carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “convertie” becomes s in “convertis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38152, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

convertie is recorded at frequency rank #22,810, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti\. convertis is at rank #15,342, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti\.

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 38152, this pair ranks #257,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of convertie vs convertis

Shared letters: ceinortv. Private to "convertie": -. Private to "convertis": s.

"convertie" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV  ·  "convertis" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • convertie ← cconvertie · cnovertie · conevrtie · connvertie · converite · converrtie · convertei · converttie
  • convertis ← cconvertis · cnovertis · conevrtis · connvertis · converits · converrtis · convertiss · convertsi

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "convertie" for "convertis" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "convertie" is a noun and "convertis" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "convertie" or "convertis" show up more?
"convertis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,342 in our French list, against #22,810 for "convertie". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "convertie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "convertis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #257,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "convertie" and "convertis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "convers vs convertis". 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 #257,297 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