Constance
"constance" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Constance” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,565. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,565
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Latin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-constance · Constance · English
Constance · rank #19,565 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,565
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH considerate
Nearest frequency peer: considerate (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Constance”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- conclusive
conclusive
80,439 corpus weight
- conservatory
conservatory
80,438 corpus weight
- considerate
considerate
80,437 corpus weight
- Constance
Constance
80,436 corpus weight
- coo
coo
80,434 corpus weight
- cryptocurre…
cryptocurrency
80,433 corpus weight
What this shows “Constance” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Constance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #19,565 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Constance”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Constance, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,565 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Constance, with forms such as "cconstance", "cnostance", and "connstance". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "constant", "constable", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Derived from Latin Cōnstantia. Doublet of Constantia. The correct English form is Constance, spelled C-O-N-S-T-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Latin.
- 2A surname.
- 3Alternative form of Konstanz, Germany, probably with influence from French Constance.
- 4An unincorporated community in Boone County, Kentucky, United States.
- 5A former unincorporated community in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Constance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And forth she sailed the ocean salt and rude. / O Constance, full of sweet solicitude, / O Emperor's daughter of a mighty realm, / He that is Lord of Fortune guide thy helm!
My name is Constance; I was Geffrey's wife; / Young Arthur is my son, and he is lost: / I am not mad:—I would to heaven I were!
Etymology
Derived from Latin Cōnstantia. Doublet of Constantia.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconstance
- cnostance
- connstance
- consatnce
- consstance
- constacne
- constancce
- constanec
- constannce
- constence
- constnace
- consttance
- contsance
- cosntance
- ocnstance
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Constance - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).