consciousness
\ˈkɑn.ʃəs.nɪs\
The verdict
“consciousness” is uncommon French (frequency #81,912 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,912
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conscience de soi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-consciousness · consciousness · French
consciousness · rank #81,912 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,912
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH congénère
Nearest frequency peer: congénère (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « consciousness »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- confédérale
confédérale
18,092 corpus weight
- congratulat…
congratulations
18,091 corpus weight
- congénère
congénère
18,090 corpus weight
- consciousne…
consciousness
18,089 corpus weight
- consumée
consumée
18,088 corpus weight
- continued
continued
18,087 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « consciousness » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | consciousness |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈkɑn.ʃəs.nɪs\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #81,912 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « consciousness » en français
Rare enough to double-check
consciousness is uncommon French at frequency #81,912 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkɑn.ʃəs.nɪs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conscience de soi.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for consciousness, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is consciousness, spelled C-O-N-S-C-I-O-U-S-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Conscience de soi.
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.
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