Which to use
“convient” and “côtoient” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,869
- “convient” frequency rank
- #21,904
- “côtoient” frequency rank
- 24773
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | convient | côtoient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe convenir (utilisé le plus souvent sur le mode impersonnel). | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de côtoyer. |
Where the eye mixes convient and côtoient
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. convient (CVCCVVCC) and côtoient (CVCVVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: convient vs côtoient
A purely visual mix-up. convient (\kɔ̃.vjɛ̃\) and côtoient (\ko.twa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24773, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
convient is recorded at frequency rank #2,869, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.vjɛ̃\. côtoient is at rank #21,904, tagged as averb, pronounced \ko.twa\.
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 24773, this pair ranks #344,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of convient vs côtoient
Shared letters: ceinot. Private to "convient": v. Private to "côtoient": ô.
"convient" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC · "côtoient" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- convient ← cconvient · cnovient · conivent · connvient · conveint · conviennt · convientt · convietn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "convient" and "côtoient" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "convient" vs "côtoient" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "convient" and "côtoient" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "convient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "côtoient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #344,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "convient" and "côtoient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confient vs côtoient". 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 #344,695 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.