consonance
/ˈkɑn.sə.nəns/noun
consonance is spelled C-O-N-S-O-N-A-N-C-E: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 87,317th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, consonance means “A form of rhyme having the same consonants but different vowels” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of consonance is consonances.
How many letters and syllables are in consonance?
| Letters | 10: C-O-N-S-O-N-A-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 87,317th 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 consonance?
Consonance appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 87,317th 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 consonance?
- US /ˈkɑn.sə.nəns/
- UK /ˈkɒn.sə.nəns/
Consonance has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-NaomiAmethyst-consonance.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of consonance
- consonances plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does consonance mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A form of rhyme having the same consonants but different vowels.
- 2
Harmony; agreement; absence of discordance.
Like a musical string, the optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance, while it refuses to be excited by others of almost infinitely greater energy, whose period of recurrence are not in unison with its own.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Consonance in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | consonance |
| Portuguese | consonância |
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 consonance come from?
From Middle English consonance, from Middle French consonance, from Latin cōnsonantia. Doublet of consonancy. By surface analysis, con- + son- + -ance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).