confirma

\kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma\

/\kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma\/ verb

The verdict

“confirma” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,232. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,232
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de confirmer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-confirma · confirma · French

confirma · rank #39,232 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,232
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH confinés

Nearest frequency peer: confinés (-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 « confirma »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « confirma » 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).

confirma vs confirme
88% similar
confirma vs confirmer
78% similar
confirma vs confirmée
78% similar

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

Key facts for confirma
PropertyValue
Headwordconfirma
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma\
Letters8
Frequency rank#39,232
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « confirma »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.confirmase 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 « confinés » (#39,231), « conjurer » (#39,233), « concluants » (#39,230). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « confirma » est au #39,232. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around confirma (IPA \kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma\), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,232 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de confirmer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for confirma, with forms such as "cconfirma", "cnofirma", and "cofnirma". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "confirme", "confirmer", "confirmée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is confirma, spelled C-O-N-F-I-R-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de confirmer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le retour inespéré de Montmartin qui parut en cet instant dans la cour du château, et ordonna de décaparaçonner son cheval, confirma et accrut l’espérance de Charles.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconfirma
  • cnofirma
  • cofnirma
  • conffirma
  • confimra
  • confiram
  • confirmma
  • confirrma
  • confrima
  • conifrma
  • connfirma
  • ocnfirma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconfirma1cnofirma2cofnirma2conffirma1confimra2confiram2confirmma1confirrma1
Edit distance from "confirma"

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 "confirma"?
"confirma" is spelled C-O-N-F-I-R-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma\.
What does "confirma" mean?
As a verb, "confirma" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de confirmer.
What words are commonly confused with "confirma"?
"confirma" is commonly confused with "confirme", "confirmer", "confirmée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confirma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confirma" is \kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confirma" come from?
"confirma" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list