consul

\kɔ̃.syl\

/\kɔ̃.syl\/ noun

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The verdict

“consul” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,456. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,456
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Magistrat qui avait la principale autorité dans la république romaine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-consul · consul · French

consul · rank #9,456 · 9 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,456
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Constantinople

Nearest frequency peer: Constantinople (-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 « consul »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « consul » 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).

consul vs coul
67% similar
consul vs cousu
67% similar
consul vs cousue
67% similar

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

Key facts for consul
PropertyValue
Headwordconsul
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.syl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,456
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « consul »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).consulse 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 « Constantinople » (#9,455), « cordon » (#9,457), « connaissant » (#9,454). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « consul » est au #9,456. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around consul (IPA \kɔ̃.syl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,456 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for consul, with forms such as "cconsul", "cnosul", and "connsul". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "coul", "cousu", "cousue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is consul, spelled C-O-N-S-U-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Magistrat qui avait la principale autorité dans la république romaine.
  2. 2
    Juge prudhomme des marchands et des négociants, chargé de régler les affaires urgentes en matière de commerce, à Paris et dans quelques autres villes.
  3. 3
    Magistrat suprême auquel la constitution de l’an VIII avait confié le gouvernement de la République.
  4. 4
    Agent chargé par un gouvernement de protéger les intérêts privés et commerciaux des nationaux résidant à l’étranger, d’exercer à leur égard diverses attributions de l’État et, dans certains pays, une juridiction, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pendant cinq siècles, sous la direction de ses capitouls et de ses consuls, Montauban fut une courageuse petite démocratie autonome.
  2. Il y avait selon la constitution trois consuls, et Napoléon Bonaparte était le Premier consul, celui des trois qui détenait le plus de pouvoirs.

This word in other languages

consul(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconsul
  • cnosul
  • connsul
  • conslu
  • conssul
  • consull
  • conusl
  • cosnul
  • ocnsul

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of consul - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cconsul1cnosul2connsul1conslu2conssul1consull1conusl2cosnul2
Edit distance from "consul"

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 "consul"?
"consul" is spelled C-O-N-S-U-L. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.syl\.
What does "consul" mean?
As a noun, "consul" means: Magistrat qui avait la principale autorité dans la république romaine.
What words are commonly confused with "consul"?
"consul" is commonly confused with "coul", "cousu", "cousue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "consul"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consul" is \kɔ̃.syl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "consul" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cordon#9,457cuisse#9,462danses#9,466cabane#9,442

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

filets9 variantsétroit9 variantsWatson9 variantsisolés9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list