# consistent

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kənˈsɪstənt/ · frequency rank #3,100

## Definitions
1. Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
2. Compatible, accordant.
3. Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnsistēntem, present participle of cōnsistō (“to agree with; to continue”), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”)) + sistō (“to cause to stand; to place, set”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti (“to be standing up; to be getting up”), from the root *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”)).

## Easily confused with
- **consisting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consistent-vs-consisting)
- **consistently** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consistent-vs-consistently)
- **consisted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consisted-vs-consistent)
- **consistency** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consistency-vs-consistent)

## Common misspellings (16)
`cconsistent`, `cnosistent`, `conisstent`, `connsistent`, `consisetnt`, `consisstent`, `consistennt`, `consistentt`, `consistetn`, `consistnet`, `consisttent`, `consitsent`, `conssistent`, `conssitent`, `cosnistent`, `ocnsistent`

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