non constat

phrase

"non-constat" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“non constat” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - It is not certain; It is doubted.

Corpus desk

Index EN-non-constat · non constat · English

non constat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for non constat
PropertyValue
Headwordnon constat
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechPhrase
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “non constat” in English

non constatranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

non constat is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "It is not certain; It is doubted.".

No misspelling variants are generated for non constat in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin nōn cōnstat. The correct English form is non constat, spelled N-O-N- -C-O-N-S-T-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    It is not certain; It is doubted.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nōn cōnstat.

Antonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "non constat"?
"non constat" is spelled N-O-N- -C-O-N-S-T-A-T.
What does "non constat" mean?
As a phrase, "non constat" means: It is not certain; It is doubted.
What is the origin of the word "non constat"?
Learned borrowing from Latin nōn cōnstat. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list