confit
/ˈkɒnfiː/
"confit" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“confit” is uncommon English (frequency #68,110 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,110
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-confit · confit · English
confit · rank #68,110 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,110
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH comorbid
Nearest frequency peer: comorbid (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “confit”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Coleen
Coleen
31,895 corpus weight
- Collinson
Collinson
31,893 corpus weight
- comorbid
comorbid
31,892 corpus weight
- confit
confit
31,891 corpus weight
- conglomerat…
conglomeration
31,890 corpus weight
- conscientio…
conscientiousness
31,888 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “confit” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | confit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒnfiː/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,110 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “confit” in English
Rare enough to double-check
confit is uncommon English at frequency #68,110 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɒnfiː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for confit, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from French confit, past participle of confire (“to preserve”), from Latin cōnficiō (perfect passive participle cōnfectus). Doublet of comfit, confect, confetto, and konfyt. Compare comfit. The correct English form is confit, spelled C-O-N-F-I-T.
Definition
- 1Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how confit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Korean classics such as pajeon, bibimbap and mandoo are re-imagined with ingredients like cauliflower ricotta, fennel kimchi, and king oyster mushroom confit.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French confit, past participle of confire (“to preserve”), from Latin cōnficiō (perfect passive participle cōnfectus). Doublet of comfit, confect, confetto, and konfyt. Compare comfit.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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