Which to use
“confit” is a noun and “confits” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,756
- “confit” frequency rank
- #44,944
- “confits” frequency rank
- 77700
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confit | confits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Spécialité culinaire de Gascogne à base de viande cuite dans de la graisse. | Masculin pluriel de confit. |
Same sound, different letters: confit vs confits
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. confit runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against confits's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - confit and confits
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: confit and confits carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.fi\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “confit” sits inside “confits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77700, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confit is recorded at frequency rank #32,756, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.fi\. 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 77700, this pair ranks #27,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of confit vs confits
Shared letters: cfinot. Private to "confit": -. Private to "confits": s.
"confit" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "confits" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"confit" and "confits" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "confit" 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 #27,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confit" 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 #27,661 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.