consistent

\kɔ̃.sist\

/\kɔ̃.sist\/ verb

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The verdict

“consistent” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,446. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,446
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-consistent · consistent · French

consistent · rank #18,446 · 16 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,446
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH connut

Nearest frequency peer: connut (-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 « consistent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « consistent » 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).

consistent vs consister
80% similar
consistent vs constatent
80% similar
consistent vs contestent
80% similar

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

Key facts for consistent
PropertyValue
Headwordconsistent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.sist\
Letters10
Frequency rank#18,446
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « consistent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).consistentse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « connut » (#18,445), « contrôlées » (#18,447), « connaisseur » (#18,444). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « consistent » est au #18,446. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around consistent (IPA \kɔ̃.sist\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,446 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for consistent, with forms such as "cconsistent", "cnosistent", and "conisstent". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "consister", "constatent", "contestent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is consistent, spelled C-O-N-S-I-S-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de consister.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de consister.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans « nos » écoles, les leçons de langage consistent à répéter, à « parcœuriser » des phrases stéréotypées, bien loin des préoccupations quotidiennes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconsistent
  • cnosistent
  • conisstent
  • connsistent
  • consisetnt
  • consisstent
  • consistennt
  • consistentt
  • consistetn
  • consistnet
  • consisttent
  • consitsent
  • conssistent
  • conssitent
  • cosnistent
  • ocnsistent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of consistent - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cconsistent1cnosistent2conisstent2connsistent1consisetnt2consisstent1consistennt1consistentt1
Edit distance from "consistent"

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

contrôlées#18,447comprenons#18,440commandeur#18,439exploitées#18,480

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

bureaucratie16 variantsextrémiste16 variantsastronautes16 variantstransférée16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list