confiance
French, noun/kɔ̃.fjɑ̃s/
confiance is spelled C-O-N-F-I-A-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears 141 times per million words in written French, the 579th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confiance is a French feminine noun meaning “confidence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sentiment de sécurité vis-à-vis de quelqu’un ou quelque chose”.
What does confiance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconfidence
inspirer confiance à quelqu'un
- 2
femininetrust
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sentiment de sécurité vis-à-vis de quelqu’un ou quelque chose. 2. Assurance, hardiesse.
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 confiance
- confiances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce confiance?
- /kɔ̃.fjɑ̃s/
- \kɔ̃.fjɑ̃s\
- [kɔ̃.fjɑ̃s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to confiance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is confiance in French?
confiance appears 141 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).