constante

\kɔ̃s.tɑ̃t\

/\kɔ̃s.tɑ̃t\/ noun

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The verdict

“constante” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,476. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,476
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Valeur qui ne change pas. On les note souvent par une lettre minuscule non italicisée (contrairement à une variable, qui est toujours notée en italiques).

Corpus desk

Index FR-constante · constante · French

constante · rank #4,476 · 14 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,476
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH constamment

Nearest frequency peer: constamment (-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 « constante »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « constante » 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).

constante vs constat
78% similar
constante vs contant
78% similar
constante vs contente
78% similar

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

Key facts for constante
PropertyValue
Headwordconstante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃s.tɑ̃t\
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,476
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « constante »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).constantese 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 « constamment » (#4,475), « craint » (#4,477), « commerciaux » (#4,474). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « constante » est au #4,476. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around constante (IPA \kɔ̃s.tɑ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,476 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for constante, with forms such as "cconstante", "cnostante", and "connstante". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "constat", "contant", "contente", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is constante, spelled C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Valeur qui ne change pas. On les note souvent par une lettre minuscule non italicisée (contrairement à une variable, qui est toujours notée en italiques).
  2. 2
    Type de variable dont la valeur ne peut pas changer.
  3. 3
    Élève étranger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Constante de Planck h : h≃6,626 069 3×10⁻³⁴J.s.
  2. N’ayant pas d'uniforme, ils n’ont naturellement pas d’épée, c'est-à-dire de tangente : ayant une tangente nulle, ce sont des constantes

Antonyms

variable

This word in other languages

constant(English)constante(Español)Konstante(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconstante
  • cnostante
  • connstante
  • consatnte
  • consstante
  • constanet
  • constannte
  • constantte
  • constatne
  • constnate
  • consttante
  • contsante
  • cosntante
  • ocnstante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconstante1cnostante2connstante1consatnte2consstante1constanet2constannte1constantte1
Edit distance from "constante"

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 "constante"?
"constante" is spelled C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃s.tɑ̃t\.
What does "constante" mean?
As a noun, "constante" means: Valeur qui ne change pas. On les note souvent par une lettre minuscule non italicisée (contrairement à une variable, qui est toujours notée en italiques).
What words are commonly confused with "constante"?
"constante" is commonly confused with "constat", "contant", "contente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "constante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "constante" is \kɔ̃s.tɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "constante" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chimiques#4,471chanteuse#4,470actuelles#4,460graphique#4,493

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

commerciaux14 variantsdomination14 variantsremporter14 variantsmotivation14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list