# confine

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈfaɪn/ · frequency rank #31,931

## Definitions
1. To have a common boundary with; to border on.
2. To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.

## Etymology
From Middle French confiner, from confins, from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from confīnis.

## Easily confused with
- **Connie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confine-vs-connie)
- **confirm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confine-vs-confirm)
- **confuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confine-vs-confuse)
- **convene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confine-vs-convene)
- **continue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confine-vs-continue)
- **convince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confine-vs-convince)
- **confined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confine-vs-confined)
- **confines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confine-vs-confines)
- **coffin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coffin-vs-confine)
- **canine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-confine)
- **config** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/config-vs-confine)
- **combine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/combine-vs-confine)
- **cocaine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocaine-vs-confine)
- **concise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concise-vs-confine)
- **condone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condone-vs-confine)
- **confide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confide-vs-confine)
- **codeine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codeine-vs-confine)
- **confided** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confided-vs-confine)

## Common misspellings (10)
`cconfine`, `cnofine`, `cofnine`, `conffine`, `confien`, `confinne`, `confnie`, `conifne`, `connfine`, `ocnfine`

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