consumer

/\kɔ̃.sy.me\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,678

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

consumer is aFrenchverb. It means: User, épuiser une chose ou un être jusqu’à les réduire à rien, jusqu’à les détruire. Pronounced \kɔ̃.sy.me\. Often confused with consoler and censurer.

Key facts for consumer
PropertyValue
Headwordconsumer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.sy.me\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,678
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for consumer is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.sy.me\. Corpus data places it at rank #26,678 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for consumer, with forms such as "cconsumer", "cnosumer", and "connsumer". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "consoler", "censurer", "conjurer", 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 consumer, spelled C-O-N-S-U-M-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    User, épuiser une chose ou un être jusqu’à les réduire à rien, jusqu’à les détruire.
  2. 2
    Brûler en produisant de la lumière, de la chaleur ou de l'énergie.
  3. 3
    Faire tomber dans le dépérissement en parlant des afflictions, des sentiments pénibles.
  4. 4
    Employer sans réserve.
  5. 5
    Dissiper son bien, détruire sa santé, épuiser ses forces, etc.
  6. 6
    Dépérir, soit par le travail, soit par le chagrin, soit par quelque cause intérieure et active.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconsumer,cnosumer,connsumer,consmuer,conssumer,consuemr,consumerr,consummer,consumre,conusmer,cosnumer,ocnsumer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for consumer

Misspelling Variants of "consumer"

cconsumer9cnosumer8connsumer9consmuer8conssumer9consuemr8consumerr9consummer9
Misspelling Variants of "consumer"

Frequency rank: #26,678 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "consumer"?
"consumer" is spelled C-O-N-S-U-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sy.me\.
What does "consumer" mean?
As a verb, "consumer" means: User, épuiser une chose ou un être jusqu’à les réduire à rien, jusqu’à les détruire.
What words are commonly confused with "consumer"?
"consumer" is commonly confused with "consoler", "censurer", "conjurer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "consumer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consumer" is \kɔ̃.sy.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "consumer" come from?
"consumer" 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.