Which to use
“conviens” and “convient” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,315
- “conviens” frequency rank
- #2,869
- “convient” frequency rank
- 29184
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conviens | convient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de convenir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe convenir (utilisé le plus souvent sur le mode impersonnel). |
Same sound, different letters: conviens vs convient
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: conviens vs convient
This is the hard kind. conviens and convient are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.vjɛ̃\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - s in “conviens” becomes t in “convient”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conviens is recorded at frequency rank #26,315, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.vjɛ̃\. convient is at rank #2,869, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.vjɛ̃\.
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 29184, this pair ranks #318,244 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conviens vs convient
Shared letters: ceinov. Private to "conviens": s. Private to "convient": t.
"conviens" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC · "convient" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conviens" for "convient" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "conviens" or "convient" show up more?
What to do next
"conviens" and "convient" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "conviens" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "convient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #318,244 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conviens" and "convient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "convers vs conviens". 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 #318,244 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.