Which to use
“consulta” is a noun and “consulté” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,388
- “consulta” frequency rank
- #48,318
- “consulté” frequency rank
- 50706
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | consulta | consulté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción o efecto de consultar. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de consultar. |
Where the eye mixes consulta and consulté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. consulta and consulté follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between consulta and consulté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: consulta is [kõnˈsul̪t̪a] while consulté is [kõnsul̪ˈt̪e]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “consulta” becomes é in “consulté”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50706, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
consulta is recorded at frequency rank #2,388, classified as anoun, pronounced [kõnˈsul̪t̪a]. consulté is at rank #48,318, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõnsul̪ˈt̪e].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 50706, this pair ranks #101,777 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of consulta vs consulté
Shared letters: clnostu. Private to "consulta": a. Private to "consulté": é.
"consulta" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "consulté" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- consulta ← cconsulta · cnosulta · connsulta · consluta · conssulta · consulat · consullta · consultta
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "consulta" for "consulté" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "consulta" or "consulté" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "consulta" and "consulté" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "consulta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "consulté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,777 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "consulta" and "consulté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "consulté vs consulten". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #101,777 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.