consommé
/ˈkɒnsəˌmeɪ/
"consomme" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“consommé” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a clear broth made from reduced meat or vegetable stock, served either hot as a soup or chilled as a jelly
Corpus desk
Index EN-consomme · consommé · English
consommé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | consommé |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒnsəˌmeɪ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “consommé” in English
Rare enough to double-check
consommé is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɒnsəˌmeɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "a clear broth made from reduced meat or vegetable stock, served either hot as a soup or chilled as a jelly".
Zero misspellings are on record for consommé in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from French consommé. Doublet of consummate. The correct English form is consommé, spelled C-O-N-S-O-M-M-É.
Definition
- 1a clear broth made from reduced meat or vegetable stock, served either hot as a soup or chilled as a jelly
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how consommé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For after washing at the hotel at Patras, Jacob had followed the tram lines a mile or so out; and followed them a mile or so back; he had met several droves of turkeys; several strings of donkeys; had got lost in back streets; had read advertisements of corsets and Maggi's consommé; children had trodden on his toes; the place smelt of bad cheese; and he w…
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French consommé. Doublet of consummate.
This word in other languages
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.