constat

\kɔ̃s.ta\

/\kɔ̃s.ta\/ noun

The verdict

“constat” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,439. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,439
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acte par lequel un officier ministériel, ou un agent de la force publique relate les constatations qu'il a faites, établit la réalité d'un fait.

Corpus desk

Index FR-constat · constat · French

constat · rank #5,439 · 11 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,439
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH consentement

Nearest frequency peer: consentement (-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 « constat »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « constat » 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).

constat vs costa
71% similar
constat vs contrat
71% similar
constat vs contact
71% similar

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

Key facts for constat
PropertyValue
Headwordconstat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃s.ta\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,439
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « constat »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).constatse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « consentement » (#5,438), « coucou » (#5,440), « conscient » (#5,437). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « constat » est au #5,439. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around constat (IPA \kɔ̃s.ta\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,439 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for constat, with forms such as "cconstat", "cnostat", and "connstat". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "costa", "contrat", "contact", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 constat, spelled C-O-N-S-T-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acte par lequel un officier ministériel, ou un agent de la force publique relate les constatations qu'il a faites, établit la réalité d'un fait.
  2. 2
    Constatation d'un état de choses, du résultat d’une action ou d’une série d'actions.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A la lecture de cette disposition, un constat simple peut être fait : les actes ci-dessus énumérés sont ceux souvent accomplis dans le cadre d’une enquête de flagrance.
  2. Malgré les relations tendues entre Donald Trump et Justin Trudeau, le commerce bilatéral entre les États-Unis et le Canada a continué de croître. Même constat avec le Québec.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconstat
  • cnostat
  • connstat
  • consatt
  • consstat
  • constatt
  • constta
  • consttat
  • contsat
  • cosntat
  • ocnstat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconstat1cnostat2connstat1consatt2consstat1constatt1constta2consttat1
Edit distance from "constat"

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 "constat"?
"constat" is spelled C-O-N-S-T-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃s.ta\.
What does "constat" mean?
As a noun, "constat" means: Acte par lequel un officier ministériel, ou un agent de la force publique relate les constatations qu'il a faites, établit la réalité d'un fait.
What words are commonly confused with "constat"?
"constat" is commonly confused with "costa", "contrat", "contact". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "constat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "constat" is \kɔ̃s.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "constat" come from?
"constat" 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 "constat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list