console
\kɔ̃.sɔl\
The verdict
“console” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #5,327 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,327
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Saillie qui sert à soutenir une corniche, un balcon, etc. Consiste en une pièce encastrée dans une paroi, servant de support.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | console |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.sɔl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,327 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “console” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for console is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.sɔl\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,327 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Saillie qui sert à soutenir une corniche, un balcon, etc. Consiste en une pièce encastrée dans une paroi, servant de support.
- 2About d’une poutre en porte-à-faux au-delà de son point d’appui.
- 3Partie supérieure de la harpe à laquelle se tiennent les chevilles.
- 4Meuble appuyé contre un mur, qui sert à orner les appartements et sur lequel on pose des bronzes, une pendule, des vases, etc.
- 5Disposition des claviers des orgues modernes, placés en avant du corps de l’instrument.
- 6Interface physique permettant le contrôle d’un système électronique.
- 7Pupitre de commande d’un ordinateur, souvent constitué d'un clavier et d’un moniteur ou, plus anciennement, d’un panneau frontal.
- 8Interface logicielle permettant de saisir des commandes textuelles et de lire leur résultat.
- 9Console de jeu, appareil électronique destiné à jouer à des jeux vidéo.
- 10Morceaux de bois carrés enchâssés sur le lisoir à l’avant d’un wagon pour en supporter la coquille.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “console”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-S-O-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃.sɔl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “consul” - see the side-by-side comparison. console vs consul
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.