# confessor

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˈfɛsə/ · frequency rank #33,186

## Definitions
1. One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
2. One who confesses to having done something wrong.
3. A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.
4. Someone who acts as listener and helper.

## Etymology
From Middle English confessor, confessour, from Anglo-Norman confessour, and its source, Latin cōnfessor, from cōnfiteor (“confess, admit, acknowledge”). By surface analysis, confess + -or.

## Easily confused with
- **confess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confess-vs-confessor)
- **confessed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confessed-vs-confessor)
- **confesses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confesses-vs-confessor)
- **confession** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confession-vs-confessor)

## Common misspellings (12)
`cconfessor`, `cnofessor`, `cofnessor`, `conefssor`, `confesor`, `confesosr`, `confessorr`, `confessro`, `conffessor`, `confsesor`, `connfessor`, `ocnfessor`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/confessor