convenção

noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,318

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

convenção is aPortuguesenoun. It means: assembleia formal de representantes ou delegados para discutir sobre assuntos predeterminados It ranks #3,318 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with convento and convencer.

Key facts for convenção
PropertyValue
Headwordconvenção
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,318
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of convenção in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for convenção is 9 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #3,318 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for convenção, with forms such as "cconvenção", "cnovenção", and "conevnção". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "convento", "convencer", "conversão", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is convenção, spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    assembleia formal de representantes ou delegados para discutir sobre assuntos predeterminados
  2. 2
    assembleia de um partido para indicar candidatos a eleições ou para adotar/modificar a plataforma do partido
  3. 3
    acordo, contrato
  4. 4
    acordo internacional especialmente sobre um assunto específico (como por exemplo a convenção de Genebra sobre prisioneiros de guerra)
  5. 5
    regra, método ou prática estabelecida pelo uso; costume

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconvenção,cnovenção,conevnção,connvenção,convennção,convenãço,convençoã,conveçnão,convneção,convvenção,covnenção,ocnvenção

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for convenção

Misspelling Variants of "convenção"

cconvenção10cnovenção9conevnção9connvenção10convennção10convenãço9convençoã9conveçnão9
Misspelling Variants of "convenção"

Frequency rank: #3,318 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "convenção"?
"convenção" is spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "convenção" mean?
As a noun, "convenção" means: assembleia formal de representantes ou delegados para discutir sobre assuntos predeterminados
What words are commonly confused with "convenção"?
"convenção" is commonly confused with "convento", "convencer", "conversão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "convenção" come from?
"convenção" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.