consideration

[kən.ˌsɪ.də.ˈreɪ.ʃən]

/[kən.ˌsɪ.də.ˈreɪ.ʃən]/ noun

The verdict

“consideration” is uncommon French (frequency #82,815 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,815
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-consideration · consideration · French

consideration · rank #82,815 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,815
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contestera

Nearest frequency peer: contestera (+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 « consideration »

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 « consideration » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for consideration
PropertyValue
Headwordconsideration
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kən.ˌsɪ.də.ˈreɪ.ʃən]
Letters13
Frequency rank#82,815
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « consideration » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.considerationtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « contestera » (#82,816), « continence » (#82,817), « confite » (#82,812). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « consideration » est au #82,815. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

consideration is uncommon French at frequency #82,815 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kən.ˌsɪ.də.ˈreɪ.ʃən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

  1. 1
    Obligeance, 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "consideration"?
"consideration" is spelled C-O-N-S-I-D-E-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kən.ˌsɪ.də.ˈreɪ.ʃən].
What does "consideration" mean?
As a noun, "consideration" means: Obligeance, égard.
How do you pronounce "consideration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consideration" is [kən.ˌsɪ.də.ˈreɪ.ʃən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "consideration" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list