consternant

adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,721

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

consternant is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui attriste, qui angoisse jusqu’à provoquer l’accablement. Often confused with contenant and concernant.

Key facts for consternant
PropertyValue
Headwordconsternant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
Letters11
Frequency rank#39,721
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of consternant in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for consternant is 11 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #39,721 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for consternant, with forms such as "cconsternant", "cnosternant", and "connsternant". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "contenant", "concernant", "conservant", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is consternant, spelled C-O-N-S-T-E-R-N-A-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui attriste, qui angoisse jusqu’à provoquer l’accablement.
  2. 2
    Scandaleux, que l’on a du mal à comprendre.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconsternant,cnosternant,connsternant,consetrnant,conssternant,constenrant,consterannt,consternannt,consternantt,consternatn,consternnant,consternnat,consterrnant,constrenant,constternant,contsernant,cosnternant,ocnsternant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for consternant

Misspelling Variants of "consternant"

cconsternant12cnosternant11connsternant12consetrnant11conssternant12constenrant11consterannt11consternannt12
Misspelling Variants of "consternant"

Frequency rank: #39,721 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "consternant"?
"consternant" is spelled C-O-N-S-T-E-R-N-A-N-T.
What does "consternant" mean?
As an adj, "consternant" means: Qui attriste, qui angoisse jusqu’à provoquer l’accablement.
What words are commonly confused with "consternant"?
"consternant" is commonly confused with "contenant", "concernant", "conservant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "consternant" come from?
"consternant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.