consonant
\kɔ̃.sɔ.nɑ̃\
The verdict
“consonant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui donne, qui produit une consonance, qui est formé par des consonances.
Corpus desk
Index FR-consonant · consonant · French
consonant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | consonant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.sɔ.nɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
consonant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃.sɔ.nɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for consonant, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is consonant, spelled C-O-N-S-O-N-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui donne, qui produit une consonance, qui est formé par des consonances.
- 2Qui a une terminaison de son identique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how consonant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Intervalle consonant.
Accord consonant.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.