consul

noun

The verdict

“consul” is uncommon German (frequency #90,112 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,112
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - höchster Magistrat in Rom; der Konsul

Corpus desk

Index DE-consul · consul · German

consul · rank #90,112 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,112
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Contenance

Nearest frequency peer: Contenance (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „consul“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „consul“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for consul
PropertyValue
Headwordconsul
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#90,112
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „consul“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.consulfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Contenance“ (#90,113), „considered“ (#90,110), „Contergan“ (#90,114). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „consul“ bei #90,112. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

consul is uncommon German at frequency #90,112 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for consul in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is consul, spelled C-O-N-S-U-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    höchster Magistrat in Rom; der Konsul
  2. 2
    Jahresangabe, in der jemand Konsul war; Konsulatsjahr

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how consul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Manius Valerius / consul partem exerciti in expeditionem / ducit“ (Naev. poet. 3)
  2. „is M. Messala M. Pisone consulibus regni cupiditate inductus coniurationem nobilitatis fecit et civitati persuasit, ut de finibus suis cum omnibus copiis exirent:“ (Caes. Gall. 1,2,1)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "consul"?
"consul" is spelled C-O-N-S-U-L.
What does "consul" mean?
As a noun, "consul" means: höchster Magistrat in Rom; der Konsul
What language does "consul" come from?
"consul" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "consul", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list