What does confectioner mean?
Word: Confectioner
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Confectioner means a person or a shop that makes or sells sweets, chocolates and cakes.
How do you spell confectioner?
Syllables: con - fec - tion - er
Tricky part: The person word ends in er, like baker and grocer. Students sometimes write confectionar or confectionor.
Watch out for: confectionar, confectionor
Memory tip: A baker and a grocer both sell food and both end in er; the confectioner joins them with the same ending.
Confectioner in a sentence
Example 1: The confectioner near our school sells the best jalebis in town.
Example 2: Before the wedding, the family ordered three kinds of laddoos from a famous confectioner.
Example 3: My cousin trained as a confectioner and now makes chocolate in Bengaluru.
Fun Fact
In many parts of India a sweet maker is called a halwai. Some well-known sweet shops in cities such as Kolkata and Delhi have been run by the same families for generations.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
conf_c_ioner
a) a,t
b) e,t
c) i,t
d) e,s
Show answer
b) e,t. The first gap is the e of perfect, and the second takes the t that begins the tion sound.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
confectionner
a) e
b) o
c) n
d) c
Show answer
c) n. A single n follows the o, so one of the two n letters has to go.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) confectioner
b) carpentor
c) electrision
d) mecanic
Show answer
a) confectioner. Electrician ends in cian, mechanic has an h after the c, and carpenter ends in er.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
iencrnetocfo
a) confessional
b) confectioner
c) conversation
d) confirmation
Show answer
b) confectioner. Confessional needs an s and an l, conversation a v and an a, and confirmation an m, so only confectioner fits.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where would you most likely find a confectioner at work?
a) in a sweet shop
b) in a shoe shop
c) in a bank office
d) in a car garage
Show answer
a) in a sweet shop
2. A confectioner's counter would be full of ____.
a) wooden chairs
b) chocolate fudge
c) paper kites
d) leather belts
Show answer
b) chocolate fudge
