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“convenção” and “convento” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,318
“convenção” frequency rank
#11,423
“convento” frequency rank
14741
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature convenção convento
Definition assembleia formal de representantes ou delegados para discutir sobre assuntos predeterminados casa onde religiosos vivem em comunidade

Letter map: convenção vs convento

Shared letters muted; letters that set convenção and convento apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. convenção runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVV) against convento's 8 (CVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
convenção
8 ch
convento

Pair insight - convenção / convento

convenção and convento are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14741, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

convenção is recorded at frequency rank #3,318, classified as anoun. convento is at rank #11,423, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kõ.ˈvẽ.tu/.

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 14741, this pair ranks #57,261 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of convenção vs convento

Shared letters: cenov. Private to "convenção": ãç. Private to "convento": t.

"convenção" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV  ·  "convento" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • convento ← cconvento · cnovento · conevnto · connvento · convennto · convenot · conventto · convetno

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "convenção" and "convento" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "convenção" vs "convento" - which ranks higher?
"convenção" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,318 in our Portuguese list, against #11,423 for "convento". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "convenção" and "convento". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "convenção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "convento" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57,261 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "convenção" and "convento" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contento vs convento". 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 #57,261 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