# constable

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkʌnstəbəl/ · frequency rank #9,722

## Definitions
1. One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
2. A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
3. An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).
4. The warden of a castle.
5. An elected or appointed public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
6. An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)
7. A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.

## Etymology
From Middle English constable, cunstable, constabil, connestable, cunestable, from Old French conestable, from Latin comes stabulī (“officer of the stables”). For the sense-development; compare marshal. Doublet of connétable.

## Easily confused with
- **Constance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/constable-vs-constance)
- **consumable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/constable-vs-consumable)

## Common misspellings (15)
`cconstable`, `cnostable`, `connstable`, `consatble`, `consstable`, `constabble`, `constabel`, `constablle`, `constalbe`, `constbale`, `constible`, `consttable`, `contsable`, `cosntable`, `ocnstable`

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