consideration
[kən.ˌsɪ.də.ˈreɪ.ʃən]
The verdict
“consideration” is an uncommon French word, ranked #82,815 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #82,815
- frequency rank, French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Obligeance, égard.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | consideration |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kən.ˌsɪ.də.ˈreɪ.ʃən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #82,815 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “consideration” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for consideration is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kən.ˌsɪ.də.ˈreɪ.ʃən]. Corpus data places it at rank #82,815 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Obligeance, égard.".
consideration doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is consideration, spelled C-O-N-S-I-D-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Obligeance, égard.
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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Using “consideration”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-S-I-D-E-R-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kən.ˌsɪ.də.ˈreɪ.ʃən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.