Consonant Count

How to play Consonant Count

1. Count the letters that are not vowels.
2. Read the prompt carefully and choose an answer, or type into the answer field.
3. After checking, read the explanation. Use “Next round” to continue.
4. Complete ten rounds for a score out of 100. Restart creates a fresh session.

A worked example

How many consonants? island

the answer is 4. Here A, E, I, O and U are vowels.

Exclude the five defined vowel letters

Count every letter except A, E, I, O and U. Under this game rule Y belongs to the remaining letters, regardless of its sound in a particular word. You can check your answer by adding your consonant count to the vowel count and comparing with the word length.

Use the complementary vowel-count rule

A useful way to practice

These activities use English words and spelling. Language familiarity affects performance, so a score is not a general intelligence measure. Read the full instruction: spelling, meaning and letter order are different tasks.

What your result means

This is a recreational words activity. Results describe performance on this particular task, with this device and these rules. They are not a clinical assessment, IQ score or promise of improvements in daily life. Your best result and recent sessions stay in this browser; no account is required.