Which to use
“conviviale” is an adjective and “convivialité” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,957
- “conviviale” frequency rank
- #24,530
- “convivialité” frequency rank
- 59487
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conviviale | convivialité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de convivial. | Qualité de ce qui est convivial. |
Where the eye mixes conviviale and convivialité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. conviviale runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVVCV) against convivialité's 12 (CVCCVCVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: conviviale vs convivialité
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conviviale is \kɔ̃.vi.vjal\ while convivialité is \kɔ̃.vi.vja.li.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59487, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conviviale is recorded at frequency rank #34,957, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.vi.vjal\. convivialité is at rank #24,530, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.vi.vja.li.te\.
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 59487, this pair ranks #102,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conviviale vs convivialité
Shared letters: acilnov. Private to "conviviale": e. Private to "convivialité": té.
"conviviale" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCV · "convivialité" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- conviviale ← cconviviale · cnoviviale · conivviale · connviviale · conviivale · convivaile · conviviael · convivialle
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "conviviale" and "convivialité" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "conviviale" or "convivialité" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "conviviale" and "convivialité" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conviviale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "convivialité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #102,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conviviale" and "convivialité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "convivial vs conviviale". 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 #102,854 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.