confus

\kɔ̃.fy\

/\kɔ̃.fy\/ adj

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The verdict

“confus” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,296. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,296
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont il est impossible de distinguer les éléments constitutifs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-confus · confus · French

confus · rank #10,296 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,296
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conduisent

Nearest frequency peer: conduisent (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « confus »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « confus » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

confus vs cons
67% similar
confus vs cous
67% similar
confus vs connu
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for confus
PropertyValue
Headwordconfus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃.fy\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,296
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « confus »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).confusse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « conduisent » (#10,295), « consistant » (#10,297), « concitoyens » (#10,294). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « confus » est au #10,296. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around confus (IPA \kɔ̃.fy\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,296 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for confus, with forms such as "cconfus", "cnofus", and "cofnus". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cons", "cous", "connu", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is confus, spelled C-O-N-F-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dont il est impossible de distinguer les éléments constitutifs.
  2. 2
    Qui se confond et que l’on n’entend pas distinctement, en parlant des sons, des bruits.
  3. 3
    Qui confond, qui réunit des droits actifs et passifs concernant un même objet.
  4. 4
    Qui est embrouillé, obscur pour l’esprit.
  5. 5
    Qui est honteux ou embarrassé, soit que la honte et l’embarras viennent d’une faute commise, soit qu’ils viennent d’un excès de modestie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how confus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le chaos n’était qu’un assemblage confus des éléments.
  2. Amas confus.

This word in other languages

confused(English)confuso(Español)verstörend(Deutsch)confuso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconfus
  • cnofus
  • cofnus
  • conffus
  • confsu
  • confuss
  • connfus
  • conufs
  • ocnfus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of confus - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cconfus1cnofus2cofnus2conffus1confsu2confuss1connfus1conufs2
Edit distance from "confus"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "confus"?
"confus" is spelled C-O-N-F-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.fy\.
What does "confus" mean?
As an adjective, "confus" means: Dont il est impossible de distinguer les éléments constitutifs.
What words are commonly confused with "confus"?
"confus" is commonly confused with "cons", "cous", "connu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confus" is \kɔ̃.fy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confus" come from?
"confus" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "confus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list