confirmation

\kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“confirmation” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,959. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,959
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de confirmer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-confirmation · confirmation · French

confirmation · rank #5,959 · 18 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,959
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH circulaire

Nearest frequency peer: circulaire (-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 « confirmation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « confirmation » 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).

confirmation vs confiscation
83% similar
confirmation vs conformation
92% similar

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

Key facts for confirmation
PropertyValue
Headwordconfirmation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#5,959
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « confirmation »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « circulaire » (#5,958), « construite » (#5,960), « continuité » (#5,961). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « confirmation » est au #5,959. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around confirmation (IPA \kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,959 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for confirmation, with forms such as "cconfirmation", "cnofirmation", and "cofnirmation". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "confiscation", "conformation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is confirmation, spelled C-O-N-F-I-R-M-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de confirmer.
  2. 2
    Ce qui rend une chose ferme et stable.
  3. 3
    Certitude qu’on acquiert d’une chose qui avait déjà été donnée pour vraie.
  4. 4
    Partie du discours oratoire qui suit la narration et par laquelle on prouve ce qu’on vient d’avancer.
  5. 5
    Sacrement par lequel les chrétiens, en recevant le Saint-Esprit avec l’abondance de ses dons, sont confirmés dans la grâce reçue au baptême.
  6. 6
    Dans des confessions protestantes pratiquant le baptême des enfants, cérémonie de réaffirmation de la foi qui a lieu à l’adolescence ou plus tard, et qui ne constitue pas un sacrement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La sécheresse prolongée au Sahel, entre 1968 et 1973, et la famine meurtrière qui s'ensuit semblent apporter une confirmation brutale des thèses néomalthusiennes sur l'effondrement de la production agricole.
  2. La confirmation d’un jugement, d’un arrêt. Obtenir des lettres de confirmation. Confirmation de privilèges, de droits, de prérogatives, etc.

Synonyms

ratificationchrismation

This word in other languages

confirmation(English)confirmación(Español)Bestätigung(Deutsch)confirmação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconfirmation
  • cnofirmation
  • cofnirmation
  • conffirmation
  • confimration
  • confiramtion
  • confirmaiton
  • confirmatino
  • confirmationn
  • confirmatoin
  • confirmattion
  • confirmmation
  • confirmtaion
  • confirrmation
  • confrimation
  • conifrmation
  • connfirmation
  • ocnfirmation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of confirmation - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cconfirmation1cnofirmation2cofnirmation2conffirmation1confimration2confiramtion2confirmaiton2confirmatino2
Edit distance from "confirmation"

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 "confirmation"?
"confirmation" is spelled C-O-N-F-I-R-M-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\.
What does "confirmation" mean?
As a noun, "confirmation" means: Action de confirmer.
What words are commonly confused with "confirmation"?
"confirmation" is commonly confused with "confiscation", "conformation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confirmation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confirmation" is \kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confirmation" come from?
"confirmation" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

diplomatique#5,967publiquement#6,016Mademoiselle#5,887linguistique#5,886

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

transporter18 variantstraditionnels18 variantspartiellement18 variantsconsidérant18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list