consacre

\kɔ̃.sakʁ\

/\kɔ̃.sakʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“consacre” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,415. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,415
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de consacrer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-consacre · consacre · French

consacre · rank #7,415 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,415
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH compétitions

Nearest frequency peer: compétitions (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « consacre »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « consacre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

consacre vs contacté
63% similar
consacre vs corsaire
75% similar
consacre vs consacrée
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for consacre
PropertyValue
Headwordconsacre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.sakʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,415
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « consacre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).consacrese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « compétitions » (#7,414), « couverts » (#7,416), « compositeur » (#7,413). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « consacre » est au #7,415. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around consacre (IPA \kɔ̃.sakʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,415 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for consacre, with forms such as "cconsacre", "cnosacre", and "conascre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "contacté", "corsaire", "consacrée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is consacre, spelled C-O-N-S-A-C-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de consacrer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de consacrer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de consacrer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de consacrer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de consacrer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how consacre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le 23 juin, le vote d’une majorité de Britanniques en faveur d’une sortie de l’UE consacre la métamorphose de l’UE, en la révélant, conformément aux textes (article 50 du Traité sur l’Union), concrètement susceptible de se « désélargir ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconsacre
  • cnosacre
  • conascre
  • connsacre
  • consaccre
  • consacer
  • consarce
  • conscare
  • conssacre
  • cosnacre
  • ocnsacre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of consacre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cconsacre1cnosacre2conascre2connsacre1consaccre1consacer2consarce2conscare2
Edit distance from "consacre"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "consacre"?
"consacre" is spelled C-O-N-S-A-C-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sakʁ\.
What does "consacre" mean?
As a verb, "consacre" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de consacrer.
What words are commonly confused with "consacre"?
"consacre" is commonly confused with "contacté", "corsaire", "consacrée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "consacre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consacre" is \kɔ̃.sakʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "consacre" come from?
"consacre" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list