confident
con·fi·dent/ˈkɒnfɪdənt/adjective
confident is spelled C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T: 9 letters and 3 syllables (con·fi·dent). It appears 27 times per million words in written English, the 3,422nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “confidant vs confident” about 390 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, confident means “Very sure of something; positive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in confident?
| Letters | 9: C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: con·fi·dent |
| In writing | 27 times per million words; the 3,422nd 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; 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 confident?
Confident appears 27 times per million words in written English, the 3,422nd 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 confident?
- UK /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/
- UK [ˈkʰɔɱ.fɪ.dənt]
- UK [-dn̩t]
Confident has 3 syllables, split con·fi·dent in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-confident.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with confident
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: confidant.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of confident
- more confident comparative
- most confident superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does confident mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Very sure of something; positive.
I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.
- 2
Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.
- 3
derogatoryobsoleteForward, impudent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Confident in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense being very sure of or positive about something:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | assuré, confiant, sûr |
| German | zuversichtlich, sicher |
| Portuguese | confiante, seguro |
| Spanish | confiado, lleno de confianza, seguro, tener la confianza de, tener la confianza para, sentirse confiado |
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 confident come from?
From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”). See confide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).