# confirmation vs confiscation

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### confirmation
*noun · IPA /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #6,226*
An official indicator that things will happen as planned.

### confiscation
*noun · frequency rank #29,220*
The act or process of confiscating.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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