consortium

\kɔ̃.sɔʁ.sjɔm\

/\kɔ̃.sɔʁ.sjɔm\/ noun

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The verdict

“consortium” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,886. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,886
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Association d’entreprises pour des opérations en commun.

Corpus desk

Index FR-consortium · consortium · French

consortium · rank #14,886 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,886
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH confiture

Nearest frequency peer: confiture (-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 « consortium »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « consortium » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for consortium
PropertyValue
Headwordconsortium
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.sɔʁ.sjɔm\
Letters10
Frequency rank#14,886
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « consortium »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.consortiumse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « confiture » (#14,885), « Constantine » (#14,887), « confection » (#14,884). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « consortium » est au #14,886. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around consortium (IPA \kɔ̃.sɔʁ.sjɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,886 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for consortium, with forms such as "cconsortium", "cnosortium", and "connsortium". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is consortium, spelled C-O-N-S-O-R-T-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Association d’entreprises pour des opérations en commun.
  2. 2
    Accord en vue d’un objet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how consortium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Or nos agriculteurs sont victimes d'une spéculation dirigée par le consortium des grands moulins.
  2. Un consortium baptisé Southern Endeavor a acheté ces remises, là-bas dans Pond Street...

Synonyms

cartelgroupeholdingtrust

This word in other languages

consortium(English)consorcio(Español)Konsortium(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconsortium
  • cnosortium
  • connsortium
  • conosrtium
  • consoritum
  • consorrtium
  • consortimu
  • consortiumm
  • consorttium
  • consortuim
  • consotrium
  • consrotium
  • conssortium
  • cosnortium
  • ocnsortium

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of consortium - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cconsortium1cnosortium2connsortium1conosrtium2consoritum2consorrtium1consortimu2consortiumm1
Edit distance from "consortium"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "consortium"?
"consortium" is spelled C-O-N-S-O-R-T-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sɔʁ.sjɔm\.
What does "consortium" mean?
As a noun, "consortium" means: Association d’entreprises pour des opérations en commun.
What are common misspellings of "consortium"?
Common misspellings include "cconsortium", "cnosortium", "connsortium", "conosrtium", "consoritum". The correct spelling is "consortium".
How do you pronounce "consortium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consortium" is \kɔ̃.sɔʁ.sjɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "consortium" come from?
"consortium" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "consortium", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

confection#14,884comprenais#14,883contingent#14,889critiquent#14,898

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

cruellement15 variantsdécourager15 variantsdécrivent15 variantsallégations15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list