conform
con·form/kənˈfɔɹm/verb
conform is spelled C-O-N-F-O-R-M, 2 syllables: con·form. The wrong spelling people search most is coform: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 175 of all searches for the word. Conform is a verb meaning “To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative”.
How many letters and syllables are in conform?
| Letters | 7: C-O-N-F-O-R-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: con·form |
| In writing | 3.4 times per million words; the 14,307th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, coform, about 10 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 conform?
Conform is spelled C-O-N-F-O-R-M. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 174 of the searches for conform 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 conform?
Conform appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th 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 conform?
- UK /kənˈfɔːm/
- US /kənˈfɔɹm/
Conform has 2 syllables, split con·form in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-conform.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with conform
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 conform?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as conform from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹm/):
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 conform
- conforms present, singular, he/she/it
- conforming participle, present
- conformed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does conform mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.
- 2
To change to more closely match typical characteristics or behavior.
- 3
To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Conform in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | s'aligner , se conformer (à) |
| German | entsprechen, passen , gerecht werden, genügen, erfüllen |
| Spanish | conformarse con, conformar |
| Portuguese | conformar-se, estar em conformidade com |
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 conform come from?
From Middle English conformen, borrowed from Middle French and Anglo-Norman conformer, from Latin conformāre (“to mould, to shape after”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).