confirmer

\kɔ̃.fiʁ.me\

/\kɔ̃.fiʁ.me\/ verb

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The verdict

“confirmer” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,137. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,137
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire persister quelqu’un dans une opinion, dans une résolution, l’affermir dans cette opinion, dans cette résolution.

Corpus desk

Index FR-confirmer · confirmer · French

confirmer · rank #4,137 · 14 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,137
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conducteur

Nearest frequency peer: conducteur (-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 « confirmer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « confirmer » 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).

confirmer vs conformer
89% similar
confirmer vs conforter
78% similar
confirmer vs confirmez
89% similar

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

Key facts for confirmer
PropertyValue
Headwordconfirmer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.fiʁ.me\
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,137
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « confirmer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).confirmerse 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 « conducteur » (#4,136), « conservation » (#4,138), « concerts » (#4,135). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « confirmer » est au #4,137. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around confirmer (IPA \kɔ̃.fiʁ.me\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,137 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for confirmer, with forms such as "cconfirmer", "cnofirmer", and "cofnirmer". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "conformer", "conforter", "confirmez", 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is confirmer, spelled C-O-N-F-I-R-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire persister quelqu’un dans une opinion, dans une résolution, l’affermir dans cette opinion, dans cette résolution.
  2. 2
    Rendre plus ferme, plus stable.
  3. 3
    Sanctionner, ratifier.
  4. 4
    Prouver plus fortement quelque chose, l’appuyer de quelque preuve décisive.
  5. 5
    Rendre plus certaine, plus assurée une chose qui avait déjà été donnée ou reçue pour vraie.
  6. 6
    Conférer le sacrement de confirmation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cela m’a confirmé dans la croyance que j’avais.
  2. Tout me confirme dans l’idée qu’il a péri.

Antonyms

démentirinfirmer

This word in other languages

confirm(English)confirmar(Español)bekräftigen(Deutsch)confirmar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconfirmer
  • cnofirmer
  • cofnirmer
  • conffirmer
  • confimrer
  • confiremr
  • confirmerr
  • confirmmer
  • confirmre
  • confirrmer
  • confrimer
  • conifrmer
  • connfirmer
  • ocnfirmer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconfirmer1cnofirmer2cofnirmer2conffirmer1confimrer2confiremr2confirmerr1confirmmer1
Edit distance from "confirmer"

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 "confirmer"?
"confirmer" is spelled C-O-N-F-I-R-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.fiʁ.me\.
What does "confirmer" mean?
As a verb, "confirmer" means: Faire persister quelqu’un dans une opinion, dans une résolution, l’affermir dans cette opinion, dans cette résolution.
What words are commonly confused with "confirmer"?
"confirmer" is commonly confused with "conformer", "conforter", "confirmez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confirmer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confirmer" is \kɔ̃.fiʁ.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confirmer" come from?
"confirmer" 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 "confirmer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list