consultant

\kɔ̃.syl.tɑ̃\

/\kɔ̃.syl.tɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“consultant” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,673. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,673
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui donne avis et conseil.

Corpus desk

Index FR-consultant · consultant · French

consultant · rank #7,673 · 16 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,673
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH constitutionn…

Nearest frequency peer: constitutionnelle (-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 « consultant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « consultant » 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).

consultant vs consulting
80% similar
consultant vs consultent
90% similar
consultant vs consultants
91% similar

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

Key facts for consultant
PropertyValue
Headwordconsultant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃.syl.tɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,673
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « consultant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).consultantse 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 « constitutionnelle » (#7,672), « contraste » (#7,674), « coureurs » (#7,675). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « consultant » est au #7,673. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around consultant (IPA \kɔ̃.syl.tɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,673 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for consultant, with forms such as "cconsultant", "cnosultant", and "connsultant". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "consulting", "consultent", "consultants", and more, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is consultant, spelled C-O-N-S-U-L-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui donne avis et conseil.
  2. 2
    Qualifie l’avocat qui donne son avis et son conseil par écrit ou de vive voix sur les affaires litigieuses.
  3. 3
    Qualifie le médecin qui est appelé en consultation.

Antonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconsultant
  • cnosultant
  • connsultant
  • conslutant
  • conssultant
  • consulatnt
  • consulltant
  • consultannt
  • consultantt
  • consultatn
  • consultnat
  • consulttant
  • consutlant
  • conusltant
  • cosnultant
  • ocnsultant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of consultant - 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.

cconsultant1cnosultant2connsultant1conslutant2conssultant1consulatnt2consulltant1consultannt1
Edit distance from "consultant"

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 "consultant"?
"consultant" is spelled C-O-N-S-U-L-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.syl.tɑ̃\.
What does "consultant" mean?
As an adjective, "consultant" means: Qui donne avis et conseil.
What words are commonly confused with "consultant"?
"consultant" is commonly confused with "consulting", "consultent", "consultants". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "consultant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consultant" is \kɔ̃.syl.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "consultant" come from?
"consultant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list