Which to use
“consultées” and “consultent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,878
- “consultées” frequency rank
- #39,238
- “consultent” frequency rank
- 75116
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | consultées | consultent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de consulter. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de consulter. |
Where the eye mixes consultées and consultent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. consultées (CVCCVCCVVC) and consultent (CVCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses consultées with consultent
A purely visual mix-up. consultées (\kɔ̃.syl.te\) and consultent (\kɔ̃.sylt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
consultées is recorded at frequency rank #35,878, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.syl.te\. consultent is at rank #39,238, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sylt\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 75116, this pair ranks #35,091 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of consultées vs consultent
Shared letters: celnostu. Private to "consultées": é. Private to "consultent": -.
"consultées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "consultent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- consultent ← cconsultent · cnosultent · connsultent · conslutent · conssultent · consuletnt · consulltent · consultennt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "consultées" for "consultent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "consultées" or "consultent"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "consultées" and "consultent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "consultées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "consultent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,091 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "consultées" and "consultent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "consultante vs consultent". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #35,091 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.