# confront

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈfɹʌnt/ · frequency rank #9,588

## Definitions
1. To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
2. To deal with.
3. To bring someone face to face with something.
4. To come up against; to encounter.
5. To engage in confrontation.
6. To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
7. To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.

## Etymology
From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre, from con- + frontem (“front, forehead”).

## Easily confused with
- **confronted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confront-vs-confronted)

## Common misspellings (13)
`cconfront`, `cnofront`, `cofnront`, `conffront`, `confornt`, `confrnot`, `confronnt`, `confrontt`, `confrotn`, `confrront`, `connfront`, `conrfont`, `ocnfront`

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