constance

\kɔ̃s.tɑ̃s\

/\kɔ̃s.tɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

“constance” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,142. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,142
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fermeté de l’âme qui lui permet de résister aux choses capables de l’ébranler, telles que la douleur, l’adversité, les tourments, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-constance · constance · French

constance · rank #9,142 · 14 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,142
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conquis

Nearest frequency peer: conquis (-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 « constance »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « constance » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

constance vs constate
78% similar
constance vs constant
78% similar
constance vs constante
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for constance
PropertyValue
Headwordconstance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃s.tɑ̃s\
Letters9
Frequency rank#9,142
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « constance »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « conquis » (#9,141), « convenu » (#9,143), « connectés » (#9,140). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « constance » est au #9,142. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around constance (IPA \kɔ̃s.tɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,142 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for constance, with forms such as "cconstance", "cnostance", and "connstance". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "constate", "constant", "constante", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is constance, spelled C-O-N-S-T-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fermeté de l’âme qui lui permet de résister aux choses capables de l’ébranler, telles que la douleur, l’adversité, les tourments, etc.
  2. 2
    Persévérance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et la brigade demeura en Belgique. […]. Les plus frénétiques arrosages de shrapnells et de marmites n’ébranlaient pas sa constance.
  2. Non, non, la constance n’est bonne que pour des ridicules ; toutes les belles ont droit de nous charmer, et l’avantage d'être rencontrée la première ne doit pas dérober aux autres les justes prétentions qu’elles ont toutes sur nos cœurs.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconstance
  • cnostance
  • connstance
  • consatnce
  • consstance
  • constacne
  • constancce
  • constanec
  • constannce
  • constnace
  • consttance
  • contsance
  • cosntance
  • ocnstance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of constance - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cconstance1cnostance2connstance1consatnce2consstance1constacne2constancce1constanec2
Edit distance from "constance"

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 "constance"?
"constance" is spelled C-O-N-S-T-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃s.tɑ̃s\.
What does "constance" mean?
As a noun, "constance" means: Fermeté de l’âme qui lui permet de résister aux choses capables de l’ébranler, telles que la douleur, l’adversité, les tourments, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "constance"?
"constance" is commonly confused with "constate", "constant", "constante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "constance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "constance" is \kɔ̃s.tɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "constance" come from?
"constance" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

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 (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list