confidence
French, noun/kɔ̃.fi.dɑ̃s/
confidence is spelled C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-C-E (10 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,795th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confidence is a French feminine noun meaning “confidence, secret” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Communication d’un secret”.
What does confidence mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconfidence, secret
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Communication d’un secret. 2. Confiance qui porte quelqu’un à faire part de ses secrets à un autre.
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 confidence
- confidences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce confidence?
- /kɔ̃.fi.dɑ̃s/
- \kɔ̃.fi.dɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to confidence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is confidence in French?
confidence appears 1.6 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).