consider

\kənˈsɪd.ə\

/\kənˈsɪd.ə\/ verb

The verdict

“consider” is uncommon French (frequency #93,629 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,629
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Considérer, réfléchir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-consider · consider · French

consider · rank #93,629 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,629
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conseilleriez

Nearest frequency peer: conseilleriez (-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 « consider »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « consider » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for consider
PropertyValue
Headwordconsider
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kənˈsɪd.ə\
Letters8
Frequency rank#93,629
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « consider » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).considertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « conseilleriez » (#93,628), « contamines » (#93,630), « contrit » (#93,631). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « consider » est au #93,629. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

consider is uncommon French at frequency #93,629 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kənˈsɪd.ə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for consider, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is consider, spelled C-O-N-S-I-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Considérer, réfléchir.
  2. 2
    Prendre en considération.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. They should consider regulatory and nonregulatory interventions related to disinformation not merely in terms of data transparency but in terms of geopolitics.

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 "consider"?
"consider" is spelled C-O-N-S-I-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kənˈsɪd.ə\.
What does "consider" mean?
As a verb, "consider" means: Considérer, réfléchir.
How do you pronounce "consider"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consider" is \kənˈsɪd.ə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "consider" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list