Which to use
“conviés” is an adjective and “convois” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,962
- “conviés” frequency rank
- #19,489
- “convois” frequency rank
- 50451
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conviés | convois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de convié. | Pluriel de convoi. |
Where the eye mixes conviés and convois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. conviés and convois follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between conviés and convois
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conviés is \kɔ̃.vje\ while convois is \kɔ̃.vwa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50451, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conviés is recorded at frequency rank #30,962, classified as anadj, 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 50451, this pair ranks #162,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conviés vs convois
Shared letters: cinosv. Private to "conviés": é. Private to "convois": -.
"conviés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "convois" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- convois ← cconvois · cnovois · connvois · conovis · convios · convoiss · convosi · convvois
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conviés" and "convois" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "conviés" or "convois" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "conviés" and "convois" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conviés" 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 #162,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conviés" and "convois" 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 #162,512 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.