consult
/ˈkɒnsʌlt/
"consult" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“consult” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,651. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,651
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A visit to consult somebody, such as a doctor; a consultation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-consult · consult · English
consult · rank #8,651 · 11 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,651
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH conceived
Nearest frequency peer: conceived (-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 “consult”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- chicks
chicks
91,352 corpus weight
- conceived
conceived
91,351 corpus weight
- consult
consult
91,350 corpus weight
- crashes
crashes
91,349 corpus weight
- crowds
crowds
91,348 corpus weight
- cunt
cunt
91,347 corpus weight
What this shows “consult” 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 | consult |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒnsʌlt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “consult”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around consult (IPA /ˈkɒnsʌlt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,651 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for consult, with forms such as "cconsult", "cnosult", and "connsult". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "consume", "consulted", "consul", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French consulte. In sense “council”, it represents Latin cōnsultum, Italian consulto; and it may have been often taken as a direct formation from the verb. The correct English form is consult, spelled C-O-N-S-U-L-T.
Definition
- 1A visit to consult somebody, such as a doctor; a consultation.
- 2The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation.
- 3The result of consultation; determination; decision.
- 4A council; a meeting for consultation.
- 5Agreement; concert.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how consult appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For firſt upon conſult of reaſon, there will bee found no eaſie aſſurance for to faſten a materiall or temperamentall propriety upon any nation; […]
[T]he council broke; / And all their grave conſults diſſolv'd in ſmoke.
Etymology
From Middle French consulte. In sense “council”, it represents Latin cōnsultum, Italian consulto; and it may have been often taken as a direct formation from the verb.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconsult
- cnosult
- connsult
- conslut
- conssult
- consullt
- consultt
- consutl
- conuslt
- cosnult
- ocnsult
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of consult - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).