Which to use
“convié” and “convois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,299
- “convié” frequency rank
- #19,489
- “convois” frequency rank
- 48788
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | convié | convois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Très souvent employé comme nom avec le sens d’invité à un repas de cérémonie. | Pluriel de convoi. |
Where the eye mixes convié and convois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. convié runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against convois's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses convié with convois
A purely visual mix-up. convié (\kɔ̃.vje\) and convois (\kɔ̃.vwa\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
convié is recorded at frequency rank #29,299, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.vje\. convois is at rank #19,489, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.vwa\.
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 48788, this pair ranks #176,043 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of convié vs convois
Shared letters: cinov. Private to "convié": é. Private to "convois": s.
"convié" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "convois" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- convois ← cconvois · cnovois · connvois · conovis · convios · convoiss · convosi · convvois
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "convié" for "convois" ever safe?
Frequency check: "convié" vs "convois" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "convié" and "convois" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "convié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "convois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #176,043 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "convié" and "convois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs convié". 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 #176,043 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.