consultants

/\kɔ̃.syl.tɑ̃\/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,888

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

consultants is anFrenchadj. It means: Masculin pluriel de consultant. Pronounced \kɔ̃.syl.tɑ̃\. Often confused with consultent and constants.

Key facts for consultants
PropertyValue
Headwordconsultants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\kɔ̃.syl.tɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#14,888
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of consultants in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for consultants is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.syl.tɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,888 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Masculin pluriel de consultant.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for consultants, with forms such as "cconsultants", "cnosultants", and "connsultants". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "consultent", "constants", "consulats", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is consultants, spelled C-O-N-S-U-L-T-A-N-T-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de consultant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconsultants,cnosultants,connsultants,conslutants,conssultants,consulatnts,consulltants,consultannts,consultanst,consultantss,consultantts,consultatns,consultnats,consulttants,consutlants,conusltants,cosnultants,ocnsultants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for consultants

Misspelling Variants of "consultants"

cconsultants12cnosultants11connsultants12conslutants11conssultants12consulatnts11consulltants12consultannts12
Misspelling Variants of "consultants"

Frequency rank: #14,888 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "consultants"?
"consultants" is spelled C-O-N-S-U-L-T-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.syl.tɑ̃\.
What does "consultants" mean?
As an adj, "consultants" means: Masculin pluriel de consultant.
What words are commonly confused with "consultants"?
"consultants" is commonly confused with "consultent", "constants", "consulats". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "consultants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consultants" 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 "consultants" come from?
"consultants" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.