confisquer

\kɔ̃.fis.ke\

/\kɔ̃.fis.ke\/ verb

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The verdict

“confisquer” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,108. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,108
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adjuger au fisc pour cause de crime ou de contravention aux lois, aux ordonnances.

Corpus desk

Index FR-confisquer · confisquer · French

confisquer · rank #28,108 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,108
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH concordance

Nearest frequency peer: concordance (-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 « confisquer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « confisquer » 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).

confisquer vs confisqués
80% similar
confisquer vs confisque
90% similar
confisquer vs confisquée
80% similar

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

Key facts for confisquer
PropertyValue
Headwordconfisquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.fis.ke\
Letters10
Frequency rank#28,108
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « confisquer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).confisquerse 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 « concordance » (#28,107), « confondue » (#28,109), « comestible » (#28,106). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « confisquer » est au #28,108. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around confisquer (IPA \kɔ̃.fis.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,108 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for confisquer, with forms such as "cconfisquer", "cnofisquer", and "cofnisquer". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "confisqués", "confisque", "confisquée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 confisquer, spelled C-O-N-F-I-S-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Adjuger au fisc pour cause de crime ou de contravention aux lois, aux ordonnances.
  2. 2
    Saisir des biens à un particulier, pour les adjuger à un autre.
  3. 3
    Saisir, par acte d'autorité, ce qui appartient à autrui.
  4. 4
    Accaparer quelqu’un, se rendre maître de sa personne, au point de lui ôter sa liberté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le sieur Tassin de Montcourt ayant péri révolutionnairement, ses biens, et notamment les deux septièmes qui lui appartenaient dans la terre de Saint-Escobille, furent confisqués au profit de la nation.
  2. Les proscrits avaient le droit d'emporter leurs biens meubles. Mais leurs biens de mainmorte (immeubles, champs, vignobles, caves greniers) furent décrétés propriété royale et confisqués.

This word in other languages

confiscate(English)confiscar(Español)konfiszieren(Deutsch)confiscar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconfisquer
  • cnofisquer
  • cofnisquer
  • conffisquer
  • confiqsuer
  • confisqeur
  • confisqquer
  • confisquerr
  • confisqure
  • confissquer
  • confisuqer
  • confsiquer
  • conifsquer
  • connfisquer
  • ocnfisquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconfisquer1cnofisquer2cofnisquer2conffisquer1confiqsuer2confisqeur2confisqquer1confisquerr1
Edit distance from "confisquer"

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 "confisquer"?
"confisquer" is spelled C-O-N-F-I-S-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.fis.ke\.
What does "confisquer" mean?
As a verb, "confisquer" means: Adjuger au fisc pour cause de crime ou de contravention aux lois, aux ordonnances.
What words are commonly confused with "confisquer"?
"confisquer" is commonly confused with "confisqués", "confisque", "confisquée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confisquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confisquer" is \kɔ̃.fis.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confisquer" come from?
"confisquer" 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 "confisquer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

comestible#28,106contestent#28,115carrefours#28,091capricieux#28,089

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

corresponde15 variantsbienfaiteur15 variantsespéraient15 variantsfrontalier15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list