consiste

\kɔ̃.sist\

/\kɔ̃.sist\/ verb

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The verdict

“consiste” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,417. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,417
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de consister.

Corpus desk

Index FR-consiste · consiste · French

consiste · rank #2,417 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,417
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH condamné

Nearest frequency peer: condamné (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « consiste »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « consiste » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

consiste vs constate
75% similar
consiste vs consulté
63% similar
consiste vs conteste
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for consiste
PropertyValue
Headwordconsiste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.sist\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,417
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « consiste »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).consistese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « condamné » (#2,416), « couper » (#2,418), « compliqué » (#2,415). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « consiste » est au #2,417. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around consiste (IPA \kɔ̃.sist\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,417 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for consiste, with forms such as "cconsiste", "cnosiste", and "conisste". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "constate", "consulté", "conteste", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 consiste, spelled C-O-N-S-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de consister.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de consister.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de consister.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de consister.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de consister.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le second acte consiste en une série d’évocations, de rencontres coïncidentielles; interférences de la réalité dans une fiction par là démentie.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconsiste
  • cnosiste
  • conisste
  • connsiste
  • consiset
  • consisste
  • consistte
  • consitse
  • conssiste
  • conssite
  • cosniste
  • ocnsiste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of consiste - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cconsiste1cnosiste2conisste2connsiste1consiset2consisste1consistte1consitse2
Edit distance from "consiste"

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 "consiste"?
"consiste" is spelled C-O-N-S-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sist\.
What does "consiste" mean?
As a verb, "consiste" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de consister.
What words are commonly confused with "consiste"?
"consiste" is commonly confused with "constate", "consulté", "conteste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "consiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consiste" is \kɔ̃.sist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "consiste" come from?
"consiste" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

condamné#2,416exprimer#2,423journaux#2,427étudiant#2,402

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

collectif12 variantsprincesse12 variantsprogrès12 variantsspéciale12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list