confit
/ˈkɒnfiː/
"confit" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“confit” is an uncommon English word, ranked #68,110 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #68,110
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.
| 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) |
Where “confit” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for confit is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɒnfiː/. Corpus data places it at rank #68,110 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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Using “confit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-F-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.