Confucius
\kɔ̃.fy.sjys\
The verdict
“Confucius” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #30,534 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #30,534
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Philosophe chinois des Vᵉ et IVᵉ siècles avant J.-C., maître à penser du confucianisme, doctrine politique et sociale qui fut érigée en « religion d’État » dès la dynastie Han.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Confucius |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.fy.sjys\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #30,534 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Confucius” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Confucius is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.fy.sjys\. Corpus data places it at rank #30,534 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Philosophe chinois des Vᵉ et IVᵉ siècles avant J.-C., maître à penser du confucianisme, doctrine politique et sociale qui fut érigée en « religion d’État » dès la dynastie Han.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Confucius, with forms such as "cconfucius", "cnofucius", and "cofnucius". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Confucius, spelled C-O-N-F-U-C-I-U-S.
Definition
- 1Philosophe chinois des Vᵉ et IVᵉ siècles avant J.-C., maître à penser du confucianisme, doctrine politique et sociale qui fut érigée en « religion d’État » dès la dynastie Han.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconfucius,cnofucius,cofnucius,confcuius,conffucius,confuccius,confucisu,confuciuss,confucuis,confuicus,connfucius,conufcius,ocnfucius
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Confucius - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Confucius”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-F-U-C-I-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃.fy.sjys\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.