Which to use
“confirma” and “confirmez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,232
- “confirma” frequency rank
- #38,723
- “confirmez” frequency rank
- 77955
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confirma | confirmez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de confirmer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de confirmer. |
Where the eye mixes confirma and confirmez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. confirma runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against confirmez's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses confirma with confirmez
A purely visual mix-up. confirma (\kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma\) and confirmez (\kɔ̃.fiʁ.me\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77955, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confirma is recorded at frequency rank #39,232, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.fiʁ.ma\. confirmez is at rank #38,723, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.fiʁ.me\.
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 77955, this pair ranks #26,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of confirma vs confirmez
Shared letters: cfimnor. Private to "confirma": a. Private to "confirmez": ez.
"confirma" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "confirmez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "confirma" for "confirmez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "confirma" vs "confirmez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "confirma" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confirmez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confirma" and "confirmez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confiez vs confirmez". 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 #26,998 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.