# confident

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/ · frequency rank #3,417

## Definitions
1. Very sure of something; positive.
2. Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.
3. Forward, impudent.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **continent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confident-vs-continent)
- **confidently** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confident-vs-confidently)
- **confide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confide-vs-confident)
- **confided** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confided-vs-confident)
- **confidant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confidant-vs-confident)
- **condiment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condiment-vs-confident)
- **confidence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confidence-vs-confident)
- **confidante** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confidante-vs-confident)

## Common misspellings (14)
`cconfident`, `cnofident`, `cofnident`, `confdient`, `conffident`, `confiddent`, `confidennt`, `confidentt`, `confidetn`, `confidnet`, `confiednt`, `conifdent`, `connfident`, `ocnfident`

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