confession
French, noun/kɔ̃.fɛ.sjɔ̃/
confession is spelled C-O-N-F-E-S-S-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written French, the 8,831st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confession is a French feminine noun meaning “confession (admittance of having done something, good, bad or neutral)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aveu, déclaration que l’on fait de quelque chose”.
What does confession mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconfession (admittance of having done something, good, bad or neutral)
- 2
feminineconfession (the disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution)
- 3
femininecreed (a declaration of one's religious faith)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aveu, déclaration que l’on fait de quelque chose. 2. Confession de foi. 3. Appartenance à une secte ou croyance. 4. Mémoires ; autobiographie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of confession
- confessions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce confession?
- /kɔ̃.fɛ.sjɔ̃/
- /kɔ̃.fe.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ̃.fe.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to confession
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is confession in French?
confession appears 6.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).