Which to use
“confisque” and “confisquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,388
- “confisque” frequency rank
- #28,108
- “confisquer” frequency rank
- 72496
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confisque | confisquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de confisquer. | Adjuger au fisc pour cause de crime ou de contravention aux lois, aux ordonnances. |
Where the eye mixes confisque and confisquer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between confisque and confisquer
A purely visual mix-up. confisque (\kɔ̃.fisk\) and confisquer (\kɔ̃.fis.ke\) 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 extra letter(s) - “confisque” sits inside “confisquer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72496, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confisque is recorded at frequency rank #44,388, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.fisk\. confisquer is at rank #28,108, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.fis.ke\.
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 72496, this pair ranks #43,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of confisque vs confisquer
Shared letters: cefinoqsu. Private to "confisque": -. Private to "confisquer": r.
"confisque" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "confisquer" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- confisque ← cconfisque · cnofisque · cofnisque · conffisque · confiqsue · confisqeu · confisqque · confissque
- confisquer ← cconfisquer · cnofisquer · cofnisquer · conffisquer · confiqsuer · confisqeur · confisqquer · confisquerr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "confisque" for "confisquer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "confisque" vs "confisquer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "confisque" and "confisquer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "confisque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confisquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confisque" and "confisquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confisque vs confisquées". 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 #43,797 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.