consultévsconsultenTell them apart

Which to use

“consulté” and “consulten” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,318
“consulté” frequency rank
#48,316
“consulten” frequency rank
96634
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature consulté consulten
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de consultar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de consultar.

Where the eye mixes consulté and consulten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. consulté runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against consulten's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
consulté
9 ch
consulten

Look-alike desk: consulté vs consulten

A purely visual mix-up. consulté ([kõnsul̪ˈt̪e]) and consulten ([kõnˈsul̪t̪ẽn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 96634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

consulté is recorded at frequency rank #48,318, classified as averb, pronounced [kõnsul̪ˈt̪e]. consulten is at rank #48,316, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõnˈsul̪t̪ẽn].

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 96634, this pair ranks #301 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of consulté vs consulten

Shared letters: clnostu. Private to "consulté": é. Private to "consulten": e.

"consulté" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "consulten" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • consulten ← cconsulten · cnosulten · connsulten · consluten · conssulten · consuletn · consullten · consultenn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "consulté" for "consulten" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõnsul̪ˈt̪e] versus [kõnˈsul̪t̪ẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "consulté" vs "consulten" - which ranks higher?
"consulten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #48,316 in our Spanish list, against #48,318 for "consulté". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "consulté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "consulten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #301 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "consulté" and "consulten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "consultan vs consulté". 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 #301 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list