consacrer

\kɔ̃.sa.kʁe\

/\kɔ̃.sa.kʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“consacrer” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,848. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,848
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dédier à Dieu, à une divinité, à un saint, avec certaines cérémonies.

Corpus desk

Index FR-consacrer · consacrer · French

consacrer · rank #5,848 · 14 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,848
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH confier

Nearest frequency peer: confier (-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 « consacrer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « consacrer » 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).

consacrer vs contacter
78% similar
consacrer vs consacrera
90% similar
consacrer vs consacre
89% similar

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

Key facts for consacrer
PropertyValue
Headwordconsacrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.sa.kʁe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,848
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « consacrer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).consacrerse 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 « confier » (#5,847), « condamnés » (#5,846), « conversations » (#5,850). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « consacrer » est au #5,848. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around consacrer (IPA \kɔ̃.sa.kʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,848 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for consacrer, with forms such as "cconsacrer", "cnosacrer", and "conascrer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "contacter", "consacrera", "consacre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is consacrer, spelled C-O-N-S-A-C-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dédier à Dieu, à une divinité, à un saint, avec certaines cérémonies.
  2. 2
    Donner, dévouer à Dieu, sans observer aucune cérémonie particulière.
  3. 3
    Dévouer, destiner ou employer quelque chose à un certain usage.
  4. 4
    Employer son temps à une action.
  5. 5
    Rendre sacré, saint, vénérable.
  6. 6
    Sanctionner ; rendre durable.
  7. 7
    Adopter, rendre constant par l’usage en parlant des mots, des locutions.
  8. 8
    Déterminer le sens d’un mot, de manière qu’il ne puisse être pris dans une autre signification.
  9. 9
    Prononcer les paroles sacramentelles en vertu desquelles le pain et le vin sont changés en corps et sang de Jésus-Christ, en parlant du prêtre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’église est consacrée, son nom le dit assez, à saint Nicolas, évêque de Myre, patron des enfants et patron de la Lorraine.
  2. Le 19 septembre de l’an 1846, la Vierge s’était montrée à deux enfants sur une montagne, un samedi, le jour qui lui était consacré et qui était, cette année, un jour de pénitence, à cause des Quatre-Temps.

Antonyms

déconsacrer

This word in other languages

consecrate(English)consagrar(Español)widmen(Deutsch)consagrar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconsacrer
  • cnosacrer
  • conascrer
  • connsacrer
  • consaccrer
  • consacerr
  • consacrerr
  • consacrre
  • consacrrer
  • consarcer
  • conscarer
  • conssacrer
  • cosnacrer
  • ocnsacrer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of consacrer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cconsacrer1cnosacrer2conascrer2connsacrer1consaccrer1consacerr2consacrerr1consacrre2
Edit distance from "consacrer"

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 "consacrer"?
"consacrer" is spelled C-O-N-S-A-C-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sa.kʁe\.
What does "consacrer" mean?
As a verb, "consacrer" means: Dédier à Dieu, à une divinité, à un saint, avec certaines cérémonies.
What words are commonly confused with "consacrer"?
"consacrer" is commonly confused with "contacter", "consacrera", "consacre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "consacrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consacrer" is \kɔ̃.sa.kʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "consacrer" come from?
"consacrer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

condamnés#5,846chercheur#5,841chauffage#5,840demandait#5,857

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

variations14 variantsinventaire14 variantssemblable14 variantsjuridiques14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list