confidante
/ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/noun
confidante is spelled C-O-N-F-I-D-A-N-T-E: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “confidant vs confidante” about 880 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, confidante means “A female confidant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of confidante is confidantes.
How many letters and syllables are in confidante?
| Letters | 10: C-O-N-F-I-D-A-N-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,633rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is confidante?
Confidante appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd 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 confidante?
- /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/
Confidante has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Drkirstyross-confidante.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with confidante
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of confidante
- confidantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does confidante mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A female confidant.
Go to the docks tonight. There a blonde confidante will be waiting for you.
- 2
A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
- 3
nonstandardNonstandard spelling of confidant (male).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Confidante in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense female confidant:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Vertraute |
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 confidante come from?
From French confidente.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).