consent

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The verdict

“consent” is uncommon German (frequency #86,336 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,336
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bewilligung

Corpus desk

Index DE-consent · consent · German

consent · rank #86,336 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,336
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH controlled

Nearest frequency peer: controlled (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „consent“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „consent“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for consent
PropertyValue
Headwordconsent
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#86,336
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „consent“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).consentfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „controlled“ (#86,337), „clusters“ (#86,333), „corte“ (#86,339). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „consent“ bei #86,336. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

consent is uncommon German at frequency #86,336 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

consent doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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. The correct German form is consent, spelled C-O-N-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bewilligung
  2. 2
    Einwilligung
  3. 3
    Genehmigung
  4. 4
    Konsens
  5. 5
    Zusage
  6. 6
    Zustimmung

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how consent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. You'll have my consent to this marriage.

Synonyms

acquiescenceagreementapprovalcompliancepermission

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "consent"?
"consent" is spelled C-O-N-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "consent" mean?
As a noun, "consent" means: Bewilligung
How do you pronounce "consent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consent" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "consent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

density#86,357divided#86,369brummte#86,301brought#86,300

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list