conséquent

/\kɔ̃.se.kɑ̃\/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,600

in French word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

conséquent is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui raisonne, qui agit avec un esprit de suite, rationnel, logique dans ses actions et sa conduite. Pronounced \kɔ̃.se.kɑ̃\. It ranks #3,600 in French word frequency. Often confused with conservent and conséquente.

Key facts for conséquent
PropertyValue
Headwordconséquent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\kɔ̃.se.kɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,600
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of conséquent in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for conséquent is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.se.kɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,600 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for conséquent, with forms such as "cconséquent", "cnoséquent", and "connséquent". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "conservent", "conséquente", "conséquents", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is conséquent, spelled C-O-N-S-É-Q-U-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui raisonne, qui agit avec un esprit de suite, rationnel, logique dans ses actions et sa conduite.
  2. 2
    Qui qualifie une démarche logique avec soi-même, cohérent.
  3. 3
    Qui est la suite raisonnable de quelque chose, en accord avec elle, qui peut être logiquement déduit.
  4. 4
    Partie conséquente ou, par ellipse, conséquente, la seconde partie d’une fugue.
  5. 5
    Qui a des conséquences, qui est susceptible de produire de l'effet par sa valeur ou son étendue, considérable, important.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconséquent,cnoséquent,connséquent,consequent,consqéuent,consséquent,conséqeunt,conséqquent,conséquennt,conséquentt,conséquetn,conséqunet,conséuqent,conésquent,cosnéquent,ocnséquent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for conséquent

Misspelling Variants of "conséquent"

cconséquent11cnoséquent10connséquent11consequent10consqéuent10consséquent11conséqeunt10conséqquent11
Misspelling Variants of "conséquent"

Frequency rank: #3,600 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "conséquent"?
"conséquent" is spelled C-O-N-S-É-Q-U-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.se.kɑ̃\.
What does "conséquent" mean?
As an adj, "conséquent" means: Qui raisonne, qui agit avec un esprit de suite, rationnel, logique dans ses actions et sa conduite.
What words are commonly confused with "conséquent"?
"conséquent" is commonly confused with "conservent", "conséquente", "conséquents". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conséquent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conséquent" is \kɔ̃.se.kɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conséquent" come from?
"conséquent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.