consistent

con·sist·ent/kənˈsɪs.tənt/adjective, noun

consistent is spelled C-O-N-S-I-S-T-E-N-T: 10 letters and 3 syllables (con·sist·ent). It appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,114th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, consistent means “Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in consistent?

Letters	10: C-O-N-S-I-S-T-E-N-T
Syllables	3: con·sist·ent
In writing	30 times per million words; the 3,114th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is consistent?

Consistent appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,114th most frequent word form in the list.

consistent0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce consistent?

/kənˈsɪs.tənt/
/ˈkən.sɪs.ʈenʈ/

Consistent has 3 syllables, split con·sist·ent in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-consistent.ogg, En-au-consistent.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of consistent

more consistent comparative
most consistent superlative
consistents plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does consistent mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

1
Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
The consistent use of Chinglish in China can be very annoying, apart from some initial amusement.
2
Compatible, accordant.
3
Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.

noun

1
rareObjects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.
2
A kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but was not permitted to receive the holy sacraments.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Consistent in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
French	constant (of a regularly occurring, dependable nature), conforme (compatible, accordant), cohérent (not logically contradictory)
German	beständig, beharrlich, konsequent, konstant, verlässlich (of a regularly occurring, dependable nature), stimmig (compatible, accordant)
Portuguese	consistente (of a regularly occurring, dependable nature)
Spanish	consistente (of a regularly occurring, dependable nature)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.