confirmarvsconfirmeTell them apart

Which to use

“confirmar” and “confirme” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,775
“confirmar” frequency rank
#21,269
“confirme” frequency rank
26044
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature confirmar confirme
Definition Corroborar la verdad de una afirmación o un hecho supuesto, o la certeza de una cosa. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de confirmar o de confirmarse.

Where the eye mixes confirmar and confirme

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
confirmar
8 ch
confirme

Look-alike desk: confirmar vs confirme

A purely visual mix-up. confirmar ([kõɱfiɾˈmaɾ]) and confirme ([kõɱˈfiɾme]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26044, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

confirmar is recorded at frequency rank #4,775, classified as averb, pronounced [kõɱfiɾˈmaɾ]. confirme is at rank #21,269, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõɱˈfiɾme].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 26044, this pair ranks #233,595 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of confirmar vs confirme

Shared letters: cfimnor. Private to "confirmar": a. Private to "confirme": e.

"confirmar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "confirme" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • confirmarcconfirmar · cnofirmar · cofnirmar · conffirmar · confimrar · confiramr · confirmarr · confirmmar
  • confirmecconfirme · cnofirme · cofnirme · conffirme · confimre · confirem · confirmme · confirrme

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "confirmar" for "confirme" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõɱfiɾˈmaɾ] versus [kõɱˈfiɾme]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "confirmar" vs "confirme" - which ranks higher?
"confirmar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,775 in our Spanish list, against #21,269 for "confirme". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "confirmar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "confirme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #233,595 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "confirmar" and "confirme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confirió vs confirme". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #233,595 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list