confesar
[kõɱfeˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“confesar” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #10,468 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #10,468
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Expresar o admitir la verdad de los propios sentimientos, ideas o acciones, especialmente en el contexto de pecados o crímenes cometidos.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | confesar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõɱfeˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,468 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “confesar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for confesar is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõɱfeˈsaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,468 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for confesar, with forms such as "cconfesar", "cnofesar", and "cofnesar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "confiar", "confesó", "confusa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is confesar, spelled C-O-N-F-E-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1Expresar o admitir la verdad de los propios sentimientos, ideas o acciones, especialmente en el contexto de pecados o crímenes cometidos.
- 2Revelar una verdad o situación propia antes oculta, secreta o desconocida.
- 3Declarar los pecados de uno ante el sacerdote dentro del sacramento de la confesión, para obtener el perdón divino.
- 4Oír los pecados de alguien dentro del sacramento de la confesión.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconfesar,cnofesar,cofnesar,conefsar,confeasr,confesarr,confesra,confessar,conffesar,confsear,connfesar,ocnfesar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of confesar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “confesar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-F-E-S-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõɱfeˈsaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “confiar” - see the side-by-side comparison. confesar vs confiar
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.