confire
\kɔ̃.fiʁ\
The verdict
“confire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire cuire dans un sirop, une liqueur, une graisse, certains aliments en vue de leur conservation. La substance choisie pénètre alors l’aliment et s’y incorpore.
Corpus desk
Index FR-confire · confire · French
confire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | confire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.fiʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
confire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.fiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for confire, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is confire, spelled C-O-N-F-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Faire cuire dans un sirop, une liqueur, une graisse, certains aliments en vue de leur conservation. La substance choisie pénètre alors l’aliment et s’y incorpore.
- 2Faire baigner des peaux dans le confit pour éliminer le collagène.
- 3Tremper à l’excès dans un domaine, une activité, en perdre sa personnalité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how confire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le fruit de l’épine-vinette est utile pour conserver et confire et pour garnir les plats.
Le chinois confit est déjà mentionné par Machet dans son Confiseur moderne, au début du XIXᵉ siècle, sous le nom d'« orange de Chine ». Ce fruit n’est confit qu'après un long séjour dans l'eau fraîche, destiné à lui ôter son amertume.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.