confirm
con·firm/kənˈfɝm/verb, adverb
confirm is spelled C-O-N-F-I-R-M, 2 syllables: con·firm. The wrong spelling people search most is comfirm: about 230 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 54 of all searches for the word. Confirm is a verb meaning “To strengthen; to make firm or resolute”.
How many letters and syllables are in confirm?
| Letters | 7: C-O-N-F-I-R-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: con·firm |
| In writing | 25 times per million words; the 3,612th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, comfirm, about 230 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell confirm?
Confirm is spelled C-O-N-F-I-R-M. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 54 of the searches for confirm in either form.
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). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is confirm?
Confirm appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th 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 confirm?
- UK /kənˈfɜːm/
- US /kənˈfɝm/
- /kənˈfɜ(r)m/
Confirm has 2 syllables, split con·firm in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-confirm.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with confirm
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).
What rhymes with confirm?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as confirm from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹm/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of confirm
- confirms present, singular, he/she/it
- confirming participle, present
- confirmed participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does confirm mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
- 2
To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
- 3
To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
- 4
To approve a proposal or nomination.
The Senate must confirm federal court appointments.
adverb
- 1
For sure, definitely.
This is confirm not my handwriting.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Confirm in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | firmar , confirmar |
| German | bestätigen , bekräftigen |
| Spanish | confirmar |
| French | confirmer |
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 confirm come from?
From Middle English confirmen, confermen, from Old French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmāre (“to make firm, strengthen, establish”), from con- (“together”) + firmāre (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).