# conform

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈfɔːm/ · frequency rank #14,300

## Definitions
1. To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.
2. To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.
3. To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.

## Etymology
From Middle English conformen, borrowed from Middle French and Anglo-Norman conformer, from Latin conformāre (“to mould, to shape after”).

## Easily confused with
- **Conor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conform-vs-conor)
- **Connor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conform-vs-connor)
- **consort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conform-vs-consort)
- **conformal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conform-vs-conformal)
- **condom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condom-vs-conform)
- **confer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confer-vs-conform)
- **condor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condor-vs-conform)
- **comfort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comfort-vs-conform)
- **confirm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confirm-vs-conform)
- **concord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concord-vs-conform)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cconform`, `cnoform`, `cofnorm`, `confform`, `confomr`, `conformm`, `conforrm`, `confrom`, `connform`, `conofrm`, `ocnform`

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