convençãovsconvencerConfusable pair

Quick tell: convenção is a noun, convencer is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“convenção” is a noun and “convencer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,318
“convenção” frequency rank
#4,715
“convencer” frequency rank
8033
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature convenção convencer
Definition assembleia formal de representantes ou delegados para discutir sobre assuntos predeterminados fazer com que um indivíduo ou um grupo de indivíduos mude a sua opinião sobre determinado assunto, tema ou fato

Letter map: convenção vs convencer

Shared letters muted; letters that set convenção and convencer apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. convenção (CVCCVCCVV) and convencer (CVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
convenção
9 ch
convencer

Part-of-speech tell for convenção / convencer

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: convenção is anoun and convenceraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8033, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

convenção is recorded at frequency rank #3,318, classified as anoun. convencer is at rank #4,715, tagged as averb, pronounced /kõ.vẽ.ˈseɾ/.

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 8033, this pair ranks #65,899 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of convenção vs convencer

Shared letters: cenov. Private to "convenção": ãç. Private to "convencer": r.

"convenção" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV  ·  "convencer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • convencer ← cconvencer · cnovencer · conevncer · connvencer · convecner · convenccer · convencerr · convencre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "convenção" and "convencer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "convenção" is a noun and "convencer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "convenção" or "convencer" show up more?
"convenção" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,318 in our Portuguese list, against #4,715 for "convencer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "convenção" vs "convencer" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "convenção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "convencer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,899 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "convenção" and "convencer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conjunção vs convenção". 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 #65,899 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list