console

\kɔ̃.sɔl\

/\kɔ̃.sɔl\/ noun

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The verdict

“console” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,327. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,327
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Saillie qui sert à soutenir une corniche, un balcon, etc. Consiste en une pièce encastrée dans une paroi, servant de support.

Corpus desk

Index FR-console · console · French

console · rank #5,327 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,327
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH concernés

Nearest frequency peer: concernés (-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 « console »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « console » 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).

console vs consul
71% similar
console vs coupole
71% similar
console vs consuls
71% similar

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

Key facts for console
PropertyValue
Headwordconsole
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.sɔl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,327
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « console »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).consolese 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 « concernés » (#5,326), « constitutionnel » (#5,328), « contemporaine » (#5,329). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « console » est au #5,327. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around console (IPA \kɔ̃.sɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,327 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for console, with forms such as "cconsole", "cnosole", and "connsole". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "consul", "coupole", "consuls", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is console, spelled C-O-N-S-O-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Saillie qui sert à soutenir une corniche, un balcon, etc. Consiste en une pièce encastrée dans une paroi, servant de support.
  2. 2
    About d’une poutre en porte-à-faux au-delà de son point d’appui.
  3. 3
    Partie supérieure de la harpe à laquelle se tiennent les chevilles.
  4. 4
    Meuble appuyé contre un mur, qui sert à orner les appartements et sur lequel on pose des bronzes, une pendule, des vases, etc.
  5. 5
    Disposition des claviers des orgues modernes, placés en avant du corps de l’instrument.
  6. 6
    Interface physique permettant le contrôle d’un système électronique.
  7. 7
    Pupitre de commande d’un ordinateur, souvent constitué d'un clavier et d’un moniteur ou, plus anciennement, d’un panneau frontal.
  8. 8
    Interface logicielle permettant de saisir des commandes textuelles et de lire leur résultat.
  9. 9
    Console de jeu, appareil électronique destiné à jouer à des jeux vidéo.
  10. 10
    Morceaux de bois carrés enchâssés sur le lisoir à l’avant d’un wagon pour en supporter la coquille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Puis, à mesure que la charpente métallique montait, (...) les consoles et les corbeaux se chargeaient de sculptures.
  2. Derrière eux, la façade du château étalait, au-dessus des trois arcades du rez-de-chaussée, dans les intervalles des fenêtres, sur de longues consoles, des bustes d’empereurs romains.

Synonyms

corbeaumodillon

This word in other languages

bracket(English)Konsole(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconsole
  • cnosole
  • connsole
  • conosle
  • consloe
  • consoel
  • consolle
  • conssole
  • cosnole
  • ocnsole

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconsole1cnosole2connsole1conosle2consloe2consoel2consolle1conssole1
Edit distance from "console"

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 "console"?
"console" is spelled C-O-N-S-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sɔl\.
What does "console" mean?
As a noun, "console" means: Saillie qui sert à soutenir une corniche, un balcon, etc. Consiste en une pièce encastrée dans une paroi, servant de support.
What words are commonly confused with "console"?
"console" is commonly confused with "consul", "coupole", "consuls". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "console"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "console" is \kɔ̃.sɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "console" come from?
"console" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

continu#5,330caisses#5,322croyait#5,333blagues#5,317

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

délégué10 variantsdésolée10 variantsindices10 variantsinitiale10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list