Conveniance or convenience?
Did you mean convenience? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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conveniance
Correct
convenience
Correct spelling: convenience. Misspelling: conveniance.
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Memory tip
Convenient becomes conveni-ENCE.
Why people write “conveniance”
The endings -ence and -ance sound identical in speech; this word takes -ence.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make convenience automatic.
Other misspellings of “convenience”
People also write “convienience”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“convienience”
Correct spelling: convenience. Misspelling: convienience.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “convienience” is only one letter off: it adds an extra vowel, I.
What does “convenience” mean?
convenience noun
- the state of being suitable or opportune
“chairs arranged for his own convenience”
- the quality of being useful and convenient
“they offered the convenience of an installment plan”
- a toilet that is available to the public
Synonyms:restroom
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Convenience” in a sentence
- Reply at your earliest convenience.
- Chairs arranged for his own convenience.
- They offered the convenience of an installment plan.
Is “convenience” a playable word?
18 points in Scrabble · 24 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“conveniance” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from CONVENIENCE.