confirmar

/[kõɱfiɾˈmaɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,775

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

confirmar is aSpanishverb. It means: Corroborar la verdad de una afirmación o un hecho supuesto, o la certeza de una cosa. Pronounced [kõɱfiɾˈmaɾ]. It ranks #4,775 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with conforma and confirmo.

Key facts for confirmar
PropertyValue
Headwordconfirmar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kõɱfiɾˈmaɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,775
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for confirmar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõɱfiɾˈmaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,775 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for confirmar, with forms such as "cconfirmar", "cnofirmar", and "cofnirmar". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "conforma", "confirmo", "confirme", 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 confirmar, spelled C-O-N-F-I-R-M-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Corroborar la verdad de una afirmación o un hecho supuesto, o la certeza de una cosa.
  2. 2
    Dar una segunda aprobación a algo ya acordado.
  3. 3
    Dar prueba definitiva de una afirmación.
  4. 4
    Repetir lo dicho por otros, siendo una prueba suplementaria de dicha afirmación.
  5. 5
    Darle una mayor seguridad a alguien en sus convicciones.
  6. 6
    Dicho de un cargo o empleo: Asegurar el jefe competente que la persona sigue en el puesto o empleo.
  7. 7
    En la religión católica, administrar el sacramento de la confirmación.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconfirmar,cnofirmar,cofnirmar,conffirmar,confimrar,confiramr,confirmarr,confirmmar,confirmra,confirrmar,confrimar,conifrmar,connfirmar,ocnfirmar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for confirmar

Misspelling Variants of "confirmar"

cconfirmar10cnofirmar9cofnirmar9conffirmar10confimrar9confiramr9confirmarr10confirmmar10
Misspelling Variants of "confirmar"

Frequency rank: #4,775 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "confirmar"?
"confirmar" is spelled C-O-N-F-I-R-M-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kõɱfiɾˈmaɾ].
What does "confirmar" mean?
As a verb, "confirmar" means: Corroborar la verdad de una afirmación o un hecho supuesto, o la certeza de una cosa.
What words are commonly confused with "confirmar"?
"confirmar" is commonly confused with "conforma", "confirmo", "confirme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confirmar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confirmar" is [kõɱfiɾˈmaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confirmar" come from?
"confirmar" 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.