consulat

\kɔ̃.sy.la\

/\kɔ̃.sy.la\/ noun

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The verdict

“consulat” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,298. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,298
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dignité de consul.

Corpus desk

Index FR-consulat · consulat · French

consulat · rank #10,298 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,298
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH consistant

Nearest frequency peer: consistant (-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 « consulat »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « consulat » 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).

consulat vs consuls
75% similar
consulat vs consulté
75% similar
consulat vs consulats
89% similar

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

Key facts for consulat
PropertyValue
Headwordconsulat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.sy.la\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,298
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « consulat »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.consulatse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « consistant » (#10,297), « consultations » (#10,299), « confus » (#10,296). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « consulat » est au #10,298. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around consulat (IPA \kɔ̃.sy.la\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,298 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for consulat, with forms such as "cconsulat", "cnosulat", and "connsulat". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "consuls", "consulté", "consulats", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is consulat, spelled C-O-N-S-U-L-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dignité de consul.
  2. 2
    Temps pendant lequel on exerçait la charge de consul.
  3. 3
    Le gouvernement consulaire et le temps pendant lequel ce gouvernement a existé.
  4. 4
    Charge de consul dans une ville étrangère.
  5. 5
    Lieu où demeure un consul, où il a ses bureaux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A la fin de son consulat, César s'assura les moyens de conserver son autorité.
  2. Sous le consulat de Cicéron.

This word in other languages

consulate(English)consulado(Español)Konsulat(Deutsch)consulado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconsulat
  • cnosulat
  • connsulat
  • consluat
  • conssulat
  • consualt
  • consulatt
  • consullat
  • consulta
  • conuslat
  • cosnulat
  • ocnsulat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of consulat - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cconsulat1cnosulat2connsulat1consluat2conssulat1consualt2consulatt1consullat1
Edit distance from "consulat"

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 "consulat"?
"consulat" is spelled C-O-N-S-U-L-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sy.la\.
What does "consulat" mean?
As a noun, "consulat" means: Dignité de consul.
What words are commonly confused with "consulat"?
"consulat" is commonly confused with "consuls", "consulté", "consulats". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "consulat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consulat" is \kɔ̃.sy.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "consulat" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list