confirma

/[kõɱˈfiɾma]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,868

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

confirma is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de confirmar o de confirmarse. Pronounced [kõɱˈfiɾma]. It ranks #4,868 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with conforme and conforma.

Key facts for confirma
PropertyValue
Headwordconfirma
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kõɱˈfiɾma]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,868
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of confirma in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for confirma is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõɱˈfiɾma]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,868 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for confirma, with forms such as "cconfirma", "cnofirma", and "cofnirma". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "conforme", "conforma", "confirmo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is confirma, spelled C-O-N-F-I-R-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de confirmar o de confirmarse.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de confirmar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconfirma,cnofirma,cofnirma,conffirma,confimra,confiram,confirmma,confirrma,confrima,conifrma,connfirma,ocnfirma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for confirma

Misspelling Variants of "confirma"

cconfirma9cnofirma8cofnirma8conffirma9confimra8confiram8confirmma9confirrma9
Misspelling Variants of "confirma"

Frequency rank: #4,868 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "confirma"?
"confirma" is spelled C-O-N-F-I-R-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kõɱˈfiɾma].
What does "confirma" mean?
As a verb, "confirma" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de confirmar o de confirmarse.
What words are commonly confused with "confirma"?
"confirma" is commonly confused with "conforme", "conforma", "confirmo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confirma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confirma" is [kõɱˈfiɾma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confirma" come from?
"confirma" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.