confier

\kɔ̃.fje\

/\kɔ̃.fje\/ verb

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The verdict

“confier” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,847. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,847
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commettre quelqu’un ou quelque chose à la probité, au soin, à l’habileté de quelqu’un.

Corpus desk

Index FR-confier · confier · French

confier · rank #5,847 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,847
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH condamnés

Nearest frequency peer: condamnés (-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 « confier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « confier » 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).

confier vs copier
71% similar
confier vs config
71% similar
confier vs convié
57% similar

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

Key facts for confier
PropertyValue
Headwordconfier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.fje\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,847
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « confier »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).confierse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « condamnés » (#5,846), « consacrer » (#5,848), « commissions » (#5,845). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « confier » est au #5,847. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around confier (IPA \kɔ̃.fje\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,847 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for confier, with forms such as "cconfier", "cnofier", and "cofnier". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "copier", "config", "convié", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is confier, spelled C-O-N-F-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commettre quelqu’un ou quelque chose à la probité, au soin, à l’habileté de quelqu’un.
  2. 2
    Dire en confidence.
  3. 3
    Se dit, dans les deux sens, en parlant des choses physiques ou morales, considérées comme dépositaires, agents ou confidents.
  4. 4
    S’en remettre à quelqu’un de ce à quoi on s’intéresse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les troupeaux transhumants appartiennent tantôt à de riches propriétaires ou capitalistes, tantôt à de petits cultivateurs de Provence, qui les confient à un bayle ou berger chef qui, à ses risques et périls, conduit les troupeaux, loue les pâturages, etc., en un mot se charge de l'estivage moyennant une redevance.
  2. Les affaires courantes de la Caisse, en tant qu’elles ne sont pas expédiées par les employés de la Caisse, pourront, par décision du Conseil d’administration, être confiées à des commissions spéciales.

This word in other languages

entrust(English)confiar(Español)anvertrauen(Deutsch)confiar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconfier
  • cnofier
  • cofnier
  • confeir
  • conffier
  • confierr
  • confire
  • conifer
  • connfier
  • ocnfier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconfier1cnofier2cofnier2confeir2conffier1confierr1confire2conifer2
Edit distance from "confier"

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 "confier"?
"confier" is spelled C-O-N-F-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.fje\.
What does "confier" mean?
As a verb, "confier" means: Commettre quelqu’un ou quelque chose à la probité, au soin, à l’habileté de quelqu’un.
What words are commonly confused with "confier"?
"confier" is commonly confused with "copier", "config", "convié". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confier" is \kɔ̃.fje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confier" come from?
"confier" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

descend#5,858Anthony#5,834engagée#5,862adoptée#5,830

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

colonnes10 variantsbarrière10 variantsabsurde10 variantsinjuste10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list