confessor
/kənˈfɛsə/noun
confessor is spelled C-O-N-F-E-S-S-O-R: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, confessor means “One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of confessor is confessors.
How many letters and syllables are in confessor?
| Letters | 9: C-O-N-F-E-S-S-O-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,236th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is confessor?
Confessor appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce confessor?
- UK /kənˈfɛsə/
- UK /ˈkɒnfɛsə/
- UK /ˈkɒnfɛsɔː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-confessor.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with confessor?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as confessor from its last stressed vowel (/ɛsə/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of confessor
- confessors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does confessor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
Long before Edward I, the English had a King Edward who they considered a martyr and a King Edward who they considered a confessor.
- 2
One who confesses to having done something wrong.
Near-synonym: confessant
- 3
A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.
- 4
Someone who acts as listener and helper.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Confessor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Bekenner , Beichtvater, Beichtiger |
| Portuguese | confessor |
| French | confesseur |
| Spanish | confesante |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does confessor come from?
From Middle English confessor, confessour, from Anglo-Norman confessour, and its source, Latin cōnfessor, from cōnfiteor (“confess, admit, acknowledge”). By surface analysis, confess + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).