confiture
French, noun/kɔ̃.fi.tyʁ/
confiture is spelled C-O-N-F-I-T-U-R-E (9 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written French, the 14,875th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confiture is a French feminine noun meaning “jam (UK), jelly (US)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mélange gélifié de sucre, de pulpe ou de purée d'une ou plusieurs espèces de fruits”.
What does confiture mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejam (UK), jelly (US)
- 2
femininepreserve
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mélange gélifié de sucre, de pulpe ou de purée d'une ou plusieurs espèces de fruits. 2. Couleur qui manque de naturel, de réalisme. 3. Galimatias. 4. Substance hallucinogène.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of confiture
- confitures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce confiture?
- /kɔ̃.fi.tyʁ/
- \kɔ̃.fi.tyʁ\
- [kɔ̃.fi.tyʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to confiture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is confiture in French?
confiture appears 3.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).