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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "confirmar" for "confirme" ever safe?
Frequency check: "confirmar" vs "confirme" - which ranks higher?
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.