confonde
\kɔ̃.fɔ̃d\
The verdict
“confonde” is uncommon French (frequency #57,179 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,179
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de confondre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-confonde · confonde · French
confonde · rank #57,179 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,179
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH concertations
Nearest frequency peer: concertations (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « confonde »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- conceptuels
conceptuels
42,825 corpus weight
- concernerait
concernerait
42,824 corpus weight
- concertatio…
concertations
42,823 corpus weight
- confonde
confonde
42,822 corpus weight
- conjuguées
conjuguées
42,821 corpus weight
- contigu
contigu
42,819 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « confonde » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | confonde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.fɔ̃d\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,179 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « confonde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
confonde is uncommon French at frequency #57,179 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.fɔ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for confonde in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 confonde, spelled C-O-N-F-O-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de confondre.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de confondre.
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.
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