consolation prize

noun

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"consolation-prize" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“consolation prize” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An award or small item given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show.

Key facts for consolation prize
PropertyValue
Headwordconsolation prize
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “consolation prize” sits in English frequency

consolation prize falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

consolation prize is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An award or small item given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show.".

Zero misspellings are on record for consolation prize in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is consolation prize, spelled C-O-N-S-O-L-A-T-I-O-N- -P-R-I-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    An award or small item given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show.

This word in other languages

Trostpreis(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "consolation prize"?
"consolation prize" is spelled C-O-N-S-O-L-A-T-I-O-N- -P-R-I-Z-E.
What does "consolation prize" mean?
As a noun, "consolation prize" means: An award or small item given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show.
What language does "consolation prize" come from?
"consolation prize" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “consolation prize”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-S-O-L-A-T-I-O-N- -P-R-I-Z-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list