Which to use
“confond” and “confonds” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,342
- “confond” frequency rank
- #25,944
- “confonds” frequency rank
- 38286
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confond | confonds |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de confondre. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de confondre. |
Same sound, different letters: confond vs confonds
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. confond runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against confonds's 8 (CVCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - confond / confonds
This is the hard kind. confond and confonds are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.fɔ̃\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “confond” sits inside “confonds”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38286, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confond is recorded at frequency rank #12,342, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.fɔ̃\. confonds is at rank #25,944, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.fɔ̃\.
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 38286, this pair ranks #256,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of confond vs confonds
Shared letters: cdfno. Private to "confond": -. Private to "confonds": s.
"confond" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "confonds" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "confond" and "confonds" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "confond" or "confonds"?
What to do next
"confond" and "confonds" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "confond" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confonds" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #256,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confond" and "confonds" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confinés vs confonds". 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 #256,334 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.