consequence
\ˈkɑnsɪkwɛns\
The verdict
“consequence” is uncommon French (frequency #54,494 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,494
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conséquence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-consequence · consequence · French
consequence · rank #54,494 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,494
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH congelée
Nearest frequency peer: congelée (-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 « consequence »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- concluantes
concluantes
45,510 corpus weight
- concrétisée
concrétisée
45,509 corpus weight
- congelée
congelée
45,508 corpus weight
- consequence
consequence
45,507 corpus weight
- consommatri…
consommatrices
45,506 corpus weight
- consumé
consumé
45,505 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « consequence » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | consequence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈkɑnsɪkwɛns\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #54,494 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « consequence » en français
Rare enough to double-check
consequence is uncommon French at frequency #54,494 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkɑnsɪkwɛns\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for consequence in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is consequence, spelled C-O-N-S-E-Q-U-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Conséquence.
- 2Consécutif (à).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how consequence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
All of this is a consequence of your refusal to listen to reason.
Synonyms
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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