consoler
\kɔ̃.sɔ.le\
The verdict
“consoler” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,936. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,936
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soulager quelqu’un dans son affliction par des discours, par des soins, ou de quelque autre manière que ce soit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-consoler · consoler · French
consoler · rank #12,936 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,936
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH conservées
Nearest frequency peer: conservées (-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 « consoler »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- concrets
concrets
87,068 corpus weight
- conjointe
conjointe
87,067 corpus weight
- conservées
conservées
87,066 corpus weight
- consoler
consoler
87,065 corpus weight
- constitués
constitués
87,064 corpus weight
- contemporai…
contemporaines
87,063 corpus weight
What this shows « consoler » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | consoler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.sɔ.le\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « consoler »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around consoler (IPA \kɔ̃.sɔ.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,936 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for consoler, with forms such as "cconsoler", "cnosoler", and "connsoler". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "consoles", "consumer", "contrôler", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 consoler, spelled C-O-N-S-O-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Soulager quelqu’un dans son affliction par des discours, par des soins, ou de quelque autre manière que ce soit.
- 2Donner, apporter de la consolation, en parlant d’une chose.
- 3Ajouter de l’eau-de-vie à son café.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how consoler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais, dès qu’il voyait qu’elle pleurait, il la prenait dans ses bras et la couvrait de baisers pour la consoler.
Mais les hommes n’échappent pas à leur destinée, et la mienne consiste à gagner deux mille francs. Je ne suis point né pour acquérir de la fortune, et je m’en consolais, jadis, en me disant que chacun, sur la terre, est payé selon ses mérites.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconsoler
- cnosoler
- connsoler
- conosler
- consloer
- consoelr
- consolerr
- consoller
- consolre
- conssoler
- cosnoler
- ocnsoler
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of consoler - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "consoler", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).