confident
French, noun/kɔ̃.fi.dɑ̃/
confident is spelled C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,299th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confident is a French masculine noun meaning “confidant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui à qui l’on confie ses plus secrètes pensées”.
What does confident mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconfidant
- 2
masculinetête-à-tête (love seat in an s-shape)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui à qui l’on confie ses plus secrètes pensées. 2. Personnage subalterne d’une tragédie ou d’une comédie à qui le ou les personnages principaux font leurs confidences.
noun: 1. Sorte de siège double en forme de "S", réalisé de façon à ce que deux personnes puissent s’y asseoir côte-à-côte mais en étant orientés en sens contraire. 2. Sorte de siège double où deux personnes peuvent s’asseoir côte-à-côte et s’échanger des confidences discrètement.
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 confident
- confidents plural
- confidente feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce confident?
- /kɔ̃.fi.dɑ̃/
- \kɔ̃.fi.dɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to confident
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is confident in French?
confident appears 1.3 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).