consommaient
\kɔ̃.sɔ.mɛ\
The verdict
“consommaient” is uncommon French (frequency #58,521 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,521
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de consommer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-consommaient · consommaient · French
consommaient · rank #58,521 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,521
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH consistante
Nearest frequency peer: consistante (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « consommaient »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- conjugaisons
conjugaisons
41,483 corpus weight
- connectique
connectique
41,482 corpus weight
- consistante
consistante
41,481 corpus weight
- consommaient
consommaient
41,480 corpus weight
- continuelles
continuelles
41,479 corpus weight
- contredisant
contredisant
41,478 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « consommaient » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | consommaient |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.sɔ.mɛ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #58,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « consommaient » en français
Rare enough to double-check
consommaient is uncommon French at frequency #58,521 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.sɔ.mɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de consommer.".
consommaient has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is consommaient, spelled C-O-N-S-O-M-M-A-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de consommer.
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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