consulate
/ˈkɑnsəlɪt/noun
consulate is spelled C-O-N-S-U-L-A-T-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, consulate means “Rule by consuls, as during most periods of the Roman Republic or in France between 1799 and 1804” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of consulate is consulates.
How many letters and syllables are in consulate?
| Letters | 9: C-O-N-S-U-L-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is consulate?
Consulate appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th 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 consulate?
- UK /ˈkɒnsjʊlət/
- UK /ˈkɒnsələt/
- US /ˈkɑnsəlɪt/
Consulate has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-consulate.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with consulate?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as consulate from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnsəlɪt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of consulate
- consulates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does consulate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Rule by consuls, as during most periods of the Roman Republic or in France between 1799 and 1804.
- 2
The office of a consul, in its various senses.
- 3
The term of office of a consul.
- 4
The business office of a consul; a minor embassy.
- 5
obsoleteAny town or city council.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Consulate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the residency of a consul:
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 consulate come from?
From Middle English consulat, consulate, from Latin consulātus, from consul + -ātus. In some senses, via French consulat. By surface analysis, consul + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).