confondre
French, verb/kɔ̃.fɔ̃dʁ/
confondre is spelled C-O-N-F-O-N-D-R-E (9 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,071st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confondre is a French verb meaning “to confuse, to confound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réunir, mêler des choses et même des personnes de manière à ne former qu’un tout”.
What does confondre mean in English?
verb
- 1
to confuse, to confound
Son comportement m'a toujours confondu.
- 2
to confuse (one thing with another), to mistake (one thing for another)
Je l'ai confondu avec son jumeau.
- 3
to mix in, to merge
- 4
to mix up, to get confused (with)
- 5
to coincide
- 6
to be overflowing with, to be profuse with
Je me confonds en excuses.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Réunir, mêler des choses et même des personnes de manière à ne former qu’un tout. 2. Ne pas faire la distinction entre des personnes et des choses différentes ; prendre une personne ou une chose pour une autre. 3. Mettre en désordre, déconcerter, humilier. 4. Convaincre en causant de la honte, réduire à ne savoir que répondre.
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 confondre
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- confondant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- confondu participle past
- confonds first-person indicative present
- confond indicative present singular
- confondons first-person indicative plural
- confondez indicative plural present
- confondent indicative plural present
- confondais first-person imperfect indicative
- confondait imperfect indicative singular
- confondions first-person imperfect indicative
- confondiez imperfect indicative plural
- confondaient imperfect indicative plural
- confondis first-person historic indicative
- confondit historic indicative past
- confondîmes first-person historic indicative
- confondîtes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce confondre?
- /kɔ̃.fɔ̃dʁ/
- \kɔ̃.fɔ̃dʁ\
- [kɔ̃.fɔ̃dʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to confondre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is confondre in French?
confondre appears 11 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).