consistence

Other forms of consistence

plural

consistences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about consistence

What does consistence mean?

consistence means "a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in consistence?

consistence has 3 syllables: con-sis-tence. The stress falls on "sis". In IPA it is /kənˈsɪstəns/.

What is another word for consistence?

Close synonyms include consistency, consistency, substance, body. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is consistence a common word?

consistence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with consistence?

4 words rhyme with consistence. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.