consista

[kõnˈsist̪a]

/[kõnˈsist̪a]/ verb

The verdict

“consista” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,373 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,373
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de consistir.

Corpus desk

Index ES-consista · consista · Spanish

consista · rank #74,373 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,373
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH conquense

Nearest frequency peer: conquense (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “consista”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “consista” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for consista
PropertyValue
Headwordconsista
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kõnˈsist̪a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#74,373
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “consista” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).consistacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “conquense” (#74,372), “conspiraron” (#74,375), “consternados” (#74,376). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “consista” va en #74,373. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

consista is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,373 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kõnˈsist̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for consista in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is consista, spelled C-O-N-S-I-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de consistir.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de consistir.
  3. 3
    Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de consistir.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "consista"?
"consista" is spelled C-O-N-S-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kõnˈsist̪a].
What does "consista" mean?
As a verb, "consista" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de consistir.
How do you pronounce "consista"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consista" is [kõnˈsist̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "consista" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "consista", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list