consumption
\kənˈsʌmp.ʃən\
The verdict
“consumption” is uncommon French (frequency #96,779 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,779
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Consommation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-consumption · consumption · French
consumption · rank #96,779 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,779
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH constations
Nearest frequency peer: constations (-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 « consumption »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- considérera…
considérerais
3,225 corpus weight
- consos
consos
3,224 corpus weight
- constations
constations
3,223 corpus weight
- consumption
consumption
3,222 corpus weight
- contentieus…
contentieuses
3,221 corpus weight
- contingente
contingente
3,220 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « consumption » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | consumption |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kənˈsʌmp.ʃən\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #96,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « consumption » en français
Rare enough to double-check
consumption is uncommon French at frequency #96,779 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kənˈsʌmp.ʃən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
consumption has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is consumption, spelled C-O-N-S-U-M-P-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Consommation.
- 2Tuberculose.
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.
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