consterner
\kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne\
The verdict
“consterner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frapper de consternation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-consterner · consterner · French
consterner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | consterner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « consterner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
consterner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Frapper de consternation.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for consterner, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is consterner, spelled C-O-N-S-T-E-R-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Frapper de consternation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how consterner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On remarqua beaucoup, à Plassans, une série d’attaques dirigées par le fils contre les personnes que le père recevait chaque soir dans le fameux salon jaune. La richesse des Roudier et des Granoux exaspérait Aristide au point de lui faire perdre toute prudence. Poussé par ses aigreurs jalouses d’affamé, il s’était fait de la bourgeoisie une ennemie irréco…
Trop souvent, il avait dû souffrir la honte de voir l’ancien brigadier, presque toujours pris de boisson, surgir dans le salon de la jument verte, en tenant des propos qui consternaient les invités (une fois, il avait même chanté l’Internationale).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.