confession

\kɔ̃.fe.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.fe.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“confession” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,825. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,825
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aveu, déclaration que l’on fait de quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-confession · confession · French

confession · rank #8,825 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,825
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coma

Nearest frequency peer: coma (-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 « confession »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « confession » 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).

confession vs confusion
80% similar
confession vs conversion
80% similar
confession vs congestion
80% similar

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

Key facts for confession
PropertyValue
Headwordconfession
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.fe.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#8,825
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « confession »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).confessionse 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 « coma » (#8,824), « congés » (#8,826), « coloniale » (#8,823). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « confession » est au #8,825. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around confession (IPA \kɔ̃.fe.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,825 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for confession, with forms such as "cconfession", "cnofession", and "cofnession". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "confusion", "conversion", "congestion", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is confession, spelled C-O-N-F-E-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aveu, déclaration que l’on fait de quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Confession de foi.
  3. 3
    Appartenance à une secte ou croyance.
  4. 4
    Mémoires ; autobiographie.
  5. 5
    Action d’avouer ses péchés à un prêtre, dans l’église catholique, pour obtenir le pardon de Dieu.
  6. 6
    Dans certaines églises, petite crypte au dessus de laquelle se trouve l’autel, et renfermant les reliques d’un saint ou d’un martyr.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Confession sincère, franche, ingénue.
  2. confession forcée, extorquée.

This word in other languages

confession(English)confesión(Español)confissão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconfession
  • cnofession
  • cofnession
  • conefssion
  • confesion
  • confesison
  • confessino
  • confessionn
  • confessoin
  • conffession
  • confsesion
  • connfession
  • ocnfession

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconfession1cnofession2cofnession2conefssion2confesion1confesison2confessino2confessionn1
Edit distance from "confession"

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 "confession"?
"confession" is spelled C-O-N-F-E-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.fe.sjɔ̃\.
What does "confession" mean?
As a noun, "confession" means: Aveu, déclaration que l’on fait de quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "confession"?
"confession" is commonly confused with "confusion", "conversion", "congestion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confession"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confession" is \kɔ̃.fe.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confession" come from?
"confession" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

demandeurs#8,834descendant#8,835dorénavant#8,837apprennent#8,809

Similar misspelling depth

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

exclusive13 variantsGeneviève13 variantshonorable13 variantsintéressée13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list