conférer

\kɔ̃.fe.ʁe\

/\kɔ̃.fe.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“conférer” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,110. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,110
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parler ensemble, raisonner d’une affaire, d’un point de doctrine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-conferer · conférer · French

conférer · rank #28,110 · 13 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,110
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH confondue

Nearest frequency peer: confondue (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « conférer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « conférer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

conférer vs confier
75% similar
conférer vs contrer
75% similar
conférer vs coopérer
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for conférer
PropertyValue
Headwordconférer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.fe.ʁe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,110
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « conférer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.conférerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « confondue » (#28,109), « conglomérat » (#28,111), « confisquer » (#28,108). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « conférer » est au #28,110. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around conférer (IPA \kɔ̃.fe.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,110 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for conférer, with forms such as "cconférer", "cnoférer", and "cofnérer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "confier", "contrer", "coopérer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is conférer, spelled C-O-N-F-É-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parler ensemble, raisonner d’une affaire, d’un point de doctrine.
  2. 2
    Comparer deux choses pour juger en quoi elles s’accordent et en quoi elles diffèrent.
  3. 3
    Attribuer ; accorder.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how conférer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pour le moment, séparons-nous ; car il ne faut pas qu’on nous voie conférer ensemble.
  2. Lorsqu’on prend un berger par son côté idéal, l’imagination en fait volontiers un être rêveur et contemplatif ; il s’entretient avec les planètes ; il confère avec les étoiles ; il lit dans le ciel.

This word in other languages

confer(English)conversar(Español)konferieren(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconférer
  • cnoférer
  • cofnérer
  • conferer
  • confférer
  • confréer
  • conféerr
  • conférerr
  • conférre
  • conférrer
  • connférer
  • conéfrer
  • ocnférer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conférer - 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.

cconférer1cnoférer2cofnérer2conferer1confférer1confréer2conféerr2conférerr1
Edit distance from "conférer"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "conférer"?
"conférer" is spelled C-O-N-F-É-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.fe.ʁe\.
What does "conférer" mean?
As a verb, "conférer" means: Parler ensemble, raisonner d’une affaire, d’un point de doctrine.
What words are commonly confused with "conférer"?
"conférer" is commonly confused with "confier", "contrer", "coopérer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conférer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conférer" is \kɔ̃.fe.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conférer" come from?
"conférer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "conférer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crinière#28,122chameaux#28,097decision#28,127carrosse#28,092

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

confondue13 variantsclairière13 variantscarrefours13 variantscantonale13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list