confondant
French, adjective/kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dɑ̃/
confondant is spelled C-O-N-F-O-N-D-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 45,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confondant is a French adjective meaning “troubling, confusing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of confondre. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Stupéfiant ; profondément troublant”.
What does confondant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
raretroubling, confusing
verb
- 1
present participle of confondre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Stupéfiant ; profondément troublant.
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 confondant
- confondante feminine
- confondants masculine plural
- confondantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce confondant?
- /kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dɑ̃/
- \kɔ̃.fɔ̃.dɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is confondant in French?
confondant appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).