conso

\kɔ̃.so\

/\kɔ̃.so\/ noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“conso” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,967. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,967
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Consommation, dans le sens de « quantité consommée ».

Corpus desk

Index FR-conso · conso · French

conso · rank #20,967 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,967
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH consacrent

Nearest frequency peer: consacrent (-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 « conso »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « conso » 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).

conso vs cost
60% similar
conso vs coqs
60% similar
conso vs cors
60% similar

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

Key facts for conso
PropertyValue
Headwordconso
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.so\
Letters5
Frequency rank#20,967
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « conso »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « consacrent » (#20,966), « constitutionnelles » (#20,968), « concepteurs » (#20,965). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « conso » est au #20,967. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around conso (IPA \kɔ̃.so\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,967 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for conso, with forms such as "cconso", "cnoso", and "connso". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cost", "coqs", "cors", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is conso, spelled C-O-N-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Consommation, dans le sens de « quantité consommée ».
  2. 2
    Consommation, dans le sens d’« unité de vente ».

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La conso d’électricité baisse
  2. Jean-Yves utilise « la conso instantanée de Linky pour identifier tous les appareils qui consomment en veille ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconso
  • cnoso
  • connso
  • conos
  • consso
  • cosno
  • ocnso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conso - 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.

cconso1cnoso2connso1conos2consso1cosno2ocnso2
Edit distance from "conso"

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 "conso"?
"conso" is spelled C-O-N-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.so\.
What does "conso" mean?
As a noun, "conso" means: Consommation, dans le sens de « quantité consommée ».
What words are commonly confused with "conso"?
"conso" is commonly confused with "cost", "coqs", "cors". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conso" is \kɔ̃.so\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conso" come from?
"conso" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

creed#20,972cuits#20,974devin#20,977dicte#20,979

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

blade7 variantsfichu7 variantsfiefs7 variantsaimera7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list