konsonant

[kɔnzoˈnant]

/[kɔnzoˈnant]/ adj

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The verdict

“konsonant” is uncommon German (frequency #86,707 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,707
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zusammenklingend

Corpus desk

Index DE-konsonant · konsonant · German

konsonant · rank #86,707 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,707
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kongressabgeo…

Nearest frequency peer: Kongressabgeordneter (-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 „konsonant“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for konsonant
PropertyValue
Headwordkonsonant
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[kɔnzoˈnant]
Letters9
Frequency rank#86,707
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „konsonant“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).konsonantfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kongressabgeordneter“ (#86,706), „Konsumgütern“ (#86,708), „Komödiant“ (#86,705). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „konsonant“ bei #86,707. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

konsonant is uncommon German at frequency #86,707 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɔnzoˈnant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zusammenklingend".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for konsonant, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is konsonant, spelled K-O-N-S-O-N-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    zusammenklingend

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Eine Quart ist konsonant.

Antonyms

dissonant

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 "konsonant"?
"konsonant" is spelled K-O-N-S-O-N-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔnzoˈnant].
What does "konsonant" mean?
As an adjective, "konsonant" means: zusammenklingend
How do you pronounce "konsonant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "konsonant" is [kɔnzoˈnant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "konsonant" come from?
"konsonant" 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 "konsonant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Komödiant#86,705Krzysztof#86,719kleinstem#86,691kultische#86,723

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list