conviensvsconviésTell them apart

Quick tell: conviens is a verb, conviés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“conviens” is a verb and “conviés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,315
“conviens” frequency rank
#30,962
“conviés” frequency rank
57277
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conviens conviés
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de convenir. Masculin pluriel de convié.

Where the eye mixes conviens and conviés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. conviens runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCC) against conviés's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
conviens
7 ch
conviés

Why the eye confuses conviens with conviés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conviens is \kɔ̃.vjɛ̃\ while conviés is \kɔ̃.vje\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57277, 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\. conviés is at rank #30,962, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.vje\.

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 57277, this pair ranks #116,029 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conviens vs conviés

Shared letters: cinosv. Private to "conviens": e. Private to "conviés": é.

"conviens" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC  ·  "conviés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conviens ← cconviens · cnoviens · conivens · connviens · conveins · convienns · convienss · conviesn

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "conviens" and "conviés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conviens" is a verb and "conviés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "conviens" or "conviés"?
"conviens" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,315 in our French list, against #30,962 for "conviés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conviens" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conviés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #116,029 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conviens" and "conviés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "congres vs conviés". 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 #116,029 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