Home › Words › C › confessoressconfessoressconfessoress means A woman who hears confession.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, confessoress ranks #16,730 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom confessor + -ess.nounA woman who hears confessionDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.confessant 74% match — One who confesses to a priest. vs confessoress →confessee 73% match — One who undergoes religious confession. vs confessoress →confessarius 73% match — A person appointed to hear confessions. vs confessoress →confessary 73% match — One who makes a confession. vs confessoress →confessionalist 68% match — A person who confesses vs confessoress →confessorial 65% match — Of or pertaining to a confessor. vs confessoress →confessory 63% match — That constitutes a confession vs confessoress →confessing 62% match — The act of making a confession. vs confessoress →