consonnes
\kɔ̃.sɔn\
The verdict
“consonnes” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,113. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,113
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de consonne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-consonnes · consonnes · French
consonnes · rank #28,113 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,113
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH congrégations
Nearest frequency peer: congrégations (-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 « consonnes »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- conférer
conférer
71,891 corpus weight
- conglomérat
conglomérat
71,890 corpus weight
- congrégatio…
congrégations
71,889 corpus weight
- consonnes
consonnes
71,888 corpus weight
- contenaient
contenaient
71,887 corpus weight
- contestent
contestent
71,886 corpus weight
What this shows « consonnes » 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 | consonnes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.sɔn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #28,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « consonnes »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around consonnes (IPA \kɔ̃.sɔn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,113 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de consonne.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for consonnes, with forms such as "cconsonnes", "cnosonnes", and "connsonnes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "couronnés", "colonnes", "consoles", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is consonnes, spelled C-O-N-S-O-N-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de consonne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how consonnes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ajoutons ici que l’alphabet zend est composé de quarante-huit caractères, dont trente-deux consonnes et seize voyelles, nombre presque égal à celui des lettres qui composent l’alphabet dêvanâgary, qui a seize voyelles et trente-quatre consonnes.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconsonnes
- cnosonnes
- connsonnes
- conosnnes
- consnones
- consonens
- consones
- consonness
- consonnse
- conssonnes
- cosnonnes
- ocnsonnes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of consonnes - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).