# consider

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈsɪd.ə/ · frequency rank #1,101

## Definitions
1. To think about seriously.
2. To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
3. To think about whether one will do (an action); to weigh as a possible course of action.
4. To assign some quality to.
5. To look at attentively.
6. To take up as an example.
7. To debate (or dispose of) a motion.
8. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
9. To believe or opine (that).

## Etymology
From Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin considerare.

## Easily confused with
- **consumer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consider-vs-consumer)
- **considers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consider-vs-considers)
- **considered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consider-vs-considered)
- **confide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confide-vs-consider)
- **conifer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conifer-vs-consider)
- **confided** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confided-vs-consider)
- **collider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collider-vs-consider)

## Common misspellings (12)
`cconsider`, `cnosider`, `conisder`, `connsider`, `consdier`, `considder`, `considerr`, `considre`, `consiedr`, `conssider`, `cosnider`, `ocnsider`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/consider