consulta

/[kõnˈsul̪t̪a]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,388

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

consulta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de consultar. Pronounced [kõnˈsul̪t̪a]. It ranks #2,388 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with consuma and consumía.

Key facts for consulta
PropertyValue
Headwordconsulta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõnˈsul̪t̪a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,388
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of consulta in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for consulta is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõnˈsul̪t̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,388 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for consulta, with forms such as "cconsulta", "cnosulta", and "connsulta". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "consuma", "consumía", "consulté", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is consulta, spelled C-O-N-S-U-L-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de consultar.
  2. 2
    Opinión, juicio o valoración que se solicita o expide acerca de algo.
  3. 3
    Reunión entre profesionales donde deliberan sobre algo.
  4. 4
    Examen o revisión que el médico practica a sus pacientes.
  5. 5
    Consultorio.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconsulta,cnosulta,connsulta,consluta,conssulta,consulat,consullta,consultta,consutla,conuslta,cosnulta,ocnsulta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for consulta

Misspelling Variants of "consulta"

cconsulta9cnosulta8connsulta9consluta8conssulta9consulat8consullta9consultta9
Misspelling Variants of "consulta"

Frequency rank: #2,388 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "consulta"?
"consulta" is spelled C-O-N-S-U-L-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kõnˈsul̪t̪a].
What does "consulta" mean?
As a noun, "consulta" means: Acción o efecto de consultar.
What words are commonly confused with "consulta"?
"consulta" is commonly confused with "consuma", "consumía", "consulté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "consulta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consulta" is [kõnˈsul̪t̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "consulta" come from?
"consulta" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.