# confirm

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈfɜːm/ · frequency rank #3,609

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **conform** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confirm-vs-conform)
- **confirmed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confirm-vs-confirmed)
- **confer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confer-vs-confirm)
- **config** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/config-vs-confirm)
- **confine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confine-vs-confirm)
- **confide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confide-vs-confirm)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cconfirm`, `cnofirm`, `cofnirm`, `conffirm`, `confimr`, `confirmm`, `confirrm`, `confrim`, `conifrm`, `connfirm`, `ocnfirm`

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