convencer

//kõ.vẽ.ˈseɾ// verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,715

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

convencer is aPortugueseverb. It means: fazer com que um indivíduo ou um grupo de indivíduos mude a sua opinião sobre determinado assunto, tema ou fato Pronounced /kõ.vẽ.ˈseɾ/. It ranks #4,715 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with conhecer and convenção.

Key facts for convencer
PropertyValue
Headwordconvencer
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kõ.vẽ.ˈseɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,715
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for convencer is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kõ.vẽ.ˈseɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,715 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "fazer com que um indivíduo ou um grupo de indivíduos mude a sua opinião sobre determinado assunto, tema ou fato".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for convencer, with forms such as "cconvencer", "cnovencer", and "conevncer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "conhecer", "convenção", 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 convencer, spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-C-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    fazer com que um indivíduo ou um grupo de indivíduos mude a sua opinião sobre determinado assunto, tema ou fato

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconvencer,cnovencer,conevncer,connvencer,convecner,convenccer,convencerr,convencre,convenecr,convenncer,convnecer,convvencer,covnencer,ocnvencer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for convencer

Misspelling Variants of "convencer"

cconvencer10cnovencer9conevncer9connvencer10convecner9convenccer10convencerr10convencre9
Misspelling Variants of "convencer"

Frequency rank: #4,715 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "convencer"?
"convencer" is spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.vẽ.ˈseɾ/.
What does "convencer" mean?
As a verb, "convencer" means: fazer com que um indivíduo ou um grupo de indivíduos mude a sua opinião sobre determinado assunto, tema ou fato
What words are commonly confused with "convencer"?
"convencer" is commonly confused with "conhecer", "convenção". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "convencer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "convencer" is /kõ.vẽ.ˈseɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "convencer" come from?
"convencer" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.