Which to use
“config” and “confit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,162
- “config” frequency rank
- #32,756
- “confit” frequency rank
- 56918
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | config | confit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Configuration. | Spécialité culinaire de Gascogne à base de viande cuite dans de la graisse. |
Where the eye mixes config and confit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: config vs confit
A purely visual mix-up. config (\kɔ̃.fiɡ\) and confit (\kɔ̃.fi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - g in “config” becomes t in “confit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
config is recorded at frequency rank #24,162, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.fiɡ\. confit is at rank #32,756, tagged as anoun, 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 56918, this pair ranks #118,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of config vs confit
Shared letters: cfino. Private to "config": g. Private to "confit": t.
"config" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "confit" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "config" and "confit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "config" vs "confit" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "config" and "confit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "config" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #118,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "config" and "confit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confit vs cont". 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 #118,150 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.