# confidence

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/ · frequency rank #2,247

## Definitions
1. Self-assurance.
2. A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
3. Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
4. Boldness; presumption.

## Etymology
From Middle English confidence, from Latin cōnfīdentia (possibly via Old French confidence), from cōnfīdō (“believe, confide in”) from con- (“with”) + fīdō (“trust”).
By surface analysis, confide + ence.

## Easily confused with
- **confident** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confidence-vs-confident)
- **confluence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confidence-vs-confluence)
- **conference** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conference-vs-confidence)
- **confidante** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confidante-vs-confidence)
- **coincidence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coincidence-vs-confidence)

## Common misspellings (16)
`cconfidence`, `cnofidence`, `cofnidence`, `confdience`, `conffidence`, `confidance`, `confiddence`, `confidecne`, `confidencce`, `confidenec`, `confidennce`, `confidnece`, `confiednce`, `conifdence`, `connfidence`, `ocnfidence`

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