convento

//kõ.ˈvẽ.tu// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,423

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

convento is aPortuguesenoun. It means: casa onde religiosos vivem em comunidade Pronounced /kõ.ˈvẽ.tu/. Often confused with converso and convicto.

Key facts for convento
PropertyValue
Headwordconvento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kõ.ˈvẽ.tu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,423
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for convento is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kõ.ˈvẽ.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,423 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for convento, with forms such as "cconvento", "cnovento", and "conevnto". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "converso", "convicto", "conjunto", 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 convento, spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    casa onde religiosos vivem em comunidade
  2. 2
    reclusão; casarão

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconvento,cnovento,conevnto,connvento,convennto,convenot,conventto,convetno,convneto,convvento,covnento,ocnvento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for convento

Misspelling Variants of "convento"

cconvento9cnovento8conevnto8connvento9convennto9convenot8conventto9convetno8
Misspelling Variants of "convento"

Frequency rank: #11,423 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "convento"?
"convento" is spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.ˈvẽ.tu/.
What does "convento" mean?
As a noun, "convento" means: casa onde religiosos vivem em comunidade
What words are commonly confused with "convento"?
"convento" is commonly confused with "converso", "convicto", "conjunto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "convento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "convento" is /kõ.ˈvẽ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "convento" come from?
"convento" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.