confins

\kɔ̃.fɛ̃\

/\kɔ̃.fɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“confins” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,911. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,911
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Limites d’un pays, d’un territoire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-confins · confins · French

confins · rank #17,911 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,911
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH confidences

Nearest frequency peer: confidences (-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 « confins »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « confins » 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).

confins vs confus
71% similar
confins vs confit
71% similar
confins vs copains
71% similar

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

Key facts for confins
PropertyValue
Headwordconfins
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.fɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,911
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « confins »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « confidences » (#17,910), « conquérant » (#17,912), « comprit » (#17,909). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « confins » est au #17,911. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around confins (IPA \kɔ̃.fɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,911 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for confins, with forms such as "cconfins", "cnofins", and "cofnins". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "confus", "confit", "copains", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is confins, spelled C-O-N-F-I-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Limites d’un pays, d’un territoire.
  2. 2
    Limites chronologiques d’une période.
  3. 3
    Endroits les plus éloignés, les plus reculés.
  4. 4
    Définit les limites d’un exercice ou d’une situation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Malade, il se retira chez sa sœur, Rosalie, veuve d'un comte de Creny, au petit château de Ménival, dans la commune de Lannoy-Cuillère, aux confins du pays de Bray et de la Picardie, où il fit son testament, laissant à ses proches le peu qui lui restait, et mourut le 26 janvier 1816.
  2. On met les cimetières aux confins des communes. Chacun chez soi !

Synonyms

frontièresultima thulé

This word in other languages

border(English)confín(Español)Grenze(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconfins
  • cnofins
  • cofnins
  • conffins
  • confinns
  • confinss
  • confisn
  • confnis
  • conifns
  • connfins
  • ocnfins

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of confins - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cconfins1cnofins2cofnins2conffins1confinns1confinss1confisn2confnis2
Edit distance from "confins"

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 "confins"?
"confins" is spelled C-O-N-F-I-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.fɛ̃\.
What does "confins" mean?
As a noun, "confins" means: Limites d’un pays, d’un territoire.
What words are commonly confused with "confins"?
"confins" is commonly confused with "confus", "confit", "copains". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confins"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confins" is \kɔ̃.fɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confins" come from?
"confins" 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 "confins", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

comprit#17,909causées#17,897Dominic#17,928doublée#17,931

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

douteuses11 variantsalentour11 variantsGlasgow11 variantsvolcans11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list