consumait

\kɔ̃.sy.mɛ\

/\kɔ̃.sy.mɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“consumait” is uncommon French (frequency #97,808 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,808
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de consumer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-consumait · consumait · French

consumait · rank #97,808 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,808
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contempla

Nearest frequency peer: contempla (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « consumait »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « consumait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for consumait
PropertyValue
Headwordconsumait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.sy.mɛ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#97,808
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « consumait » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.consumaittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « contempla » (#97,809), « consentait » (#97,806), « contemplations » (#97,810). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « consumait » est au #97,808. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

consumait is uncommon French at frequency #97,808 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.sy.mɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de consumer.".

No misspelling variants are generated for consumait in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is consumait, spelled C-O-N-S-U-M-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de consumer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le tison fébrile qui se consumait au fond de ses pupilles était le reflet de sa nature profonde. Mauvaise. Et tous s’en méfiaient comme du choléra.

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 "consumait"?
"consumait" is spelled C-O-N-S-U-M-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sy.mɛ\.
What does "consumait" mean?
As a verb, "consumait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de consumer.
How do you pronounce "consumait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consumait" is \kɔ̃.sy.mɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list