Which to use
“confiée” is a verb and “confits” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,086
- “confiée” frequency rank
- #44,944
- “confits” frequency rank
- 53030
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confiée | confits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de confier. | Masculin pluriel de confit. |
Where the eye mixes confiée and confits
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. confiée (CVCCVVV) and confits (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: confiée vs confits
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: confiée is \kɔ̃.fje\ while confits is \kɔ̃.fi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53030, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confiée is recorded at frequency rank #8,086, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.fje\. confits is at rank #44,944, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.fi\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 53030, this pair ranks #143,564 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of confiée vs confits
Shared letters: cfino. Private to "confiée": eé. Private to "confits": st.
"confiée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "confits" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- confits ← cconfits · cnofits · cofnits · conffits · confist · confitss · confitts · conftis
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "confiée" for "confits" ever safe?
Frequency check: "confiée" vs "confits" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "confiée" and "confits" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "confiée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #143,564 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confiée" and "confits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confiez vs confits". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #143,564 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.