confusion
French, noun/kɔ̃.fy.zjɔ̃/
confusion is spelled C-O-N-F-U-S-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confusion is a French feminine noun meaning “confusion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État de ce qui est confus, en parlant des choses physiques et des choses morales”.
What does confusion mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconfusion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État de ce qui est confus, en parlant des choses physiques et des choses morales. 2. Désordre d’un état ; trouble politique. 3. Défaut d’ordre, de méthode, de clarté dans les choses qui tiennent aux opérations de l’esprit. 4. Action de confondre une chose avec une autre ; résultat de cette action.
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 confusion
- confusions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce confusion?
- /kɔ̃.fy.zjɔ̃/
- \kɔ̃.fy.zjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to confusion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is confusion in French?
confusion appears 15 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).