confidante
noun
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Is it confident or confidant? (Or is it confidante?)
If you find yourself unsure whether you should choose confident or confidant don’t feel bad; confidant comes to English from the French word confident, and when the word first entered our language it was often spelled that way, rather than as confidant. The difference is quite simple: confidant is a noun (meaning "a person in whom you confide things"), and confident is an adjective (defined as “having confidence”). You may well be confident in your confidant, but you would not be confidant in your confident. Although this distinction has not always been observed by writers, confidante is generally used for a female confidant. The word confidant is more frequently used to describe a man, but it may be applied to either gender.
Examples of confidante in a Sentence
Jeff Nelson, People.com, 30 June 2025
For her Vegas christening, Jett and her band – which also included longtime producer, business partner and confidante Kenny Laguna on keyboards – unpacked a 75-minute chest of hits and deep cuts.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 15 June 2025
Former presidential adviser and confidante Elon Musk escalated his growing feud with President Trump by saying the president’s tariffs would result in a recession later this year.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 5 June 2025
In Dracula, Erivo will play a range of characters including solicitor Jonathan Harker and his fiancée Mina Murray, confidante Lucy Westenra and her suitors, vampire hunter Van Helsing and Count Dracula, among others.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
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“Confidante.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confidante. Accessed 17 Jul. 2025.
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