consistently
/kənˈsɪstəntli/adverb
consistently is spelled C-O-N-S-I-S-T-E-N-T-L-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is consistantly: about 390 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026). Consistently is an adverb meaning “In a consistent manner”.
How many letters and syllables are in consistently?
| Letters | 12: C-O-N-S-I-S-T-E-N-T-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,752nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, consistantly, about 390 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell consistently?
Consistently is spelled C-O-N-S-I-S-T-E-N-T-L-Y. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is consistently?
Consistently appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,752nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce consistently?
- /kənˈsɪstəntli/
Consistently has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-consistently.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of consistently
- more consistently comparative
- most consistently superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does consistently mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a consistent manner.
- 2
constantly; always.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Consistently in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a consistent manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | beständig, zuverlässig, regelmäßig, konsequent, unabweichend |
| Portuguese | consistentemente |
| Spanish | consistentemente |
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.
Where does consistently come from?
From consistent + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).