consider
/kənˈsɪd.ə/
"consider" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“consider” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,101. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,101
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - To think about seriously.
Corpus desk
Index EN-consider · consider · English
consider · rank #1,101 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,101
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH travel
Nearest frequency peer: travel (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “consider”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sort
sort
98,903 corpus weight
- speed
speed
98,902 corpus weight
- travel
travel
98,901 corpus weight
- consider
consider
98,900 corpus weight
- contact
contact
98,899 corpus weight
- drop
drop
98,898 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “consider” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | consider |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kənˈsɪd.ə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,101 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “consider” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around consider (IPA /kənˈsɪd.ə/), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,101 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for consider, with forms such as "cconsider", "cnosider", and "conisder". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "consumer", "considers", "considered", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin considerare. The correct English form is consider, spelled C-O-N-S-I-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1To think about seriously.
- 2To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
- 3To think about whether one will do (an action); to weigh as a possible course of action.
- 4To assign some quality to.
- 5To look at attentively.
- 6To take up as an example.
- 7To debate (or dispose of) a motion.
- 8To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
- 9To believe or opine (that).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how consider appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Consider that we’ve had three major events and the year has hardly begun.
How can you know everything about everything, if you won't consider any dissent?
Etymology
From Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin considerare.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconsider
- cnosider
- conisder
- connsider
- consdier
- considder
- considerr
- considre
- consiedr
- conssider
- cosnider
- ocnsider
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of consider - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "consider", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.