consternée

\kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne\

/\kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne\/ adj

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The verdict

“consternée” is uncommon French (frequency #63,646 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,646
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin singulier de consterné.

Key facts for consternée
PropertyValue
Headwordconsternée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne\
Letters10
Frequency rank#63,646
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “consternée” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). consternée lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

consternée is uncommon French at frequency #63,646 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de consterné.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for consternée, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is consternée, spelled C-O-N-S-T-E-R-N-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de consterné.

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 "consternée"?
"consternée" is spelled C-O-N-S-T-E-R-N-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne\.
What does "consternée" mean?
As an adjective, "consternée" means: Féminin singulier de consterné.
How do you pronounce "consternée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consternée" is \kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "consternée" come from?
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Using “consternée”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-S-T-E-R-N-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list