# assent

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈsɛnt/ · frequency rank #27,724

## Definitions
1. To agree to a proposal.

## Etymology
From Middle English assent (noun) and assenten (verb), from Old French assent (noun) and assentir (verb), from Latin assentiō.

## Easily confused with
- **asset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assent-vs-asset)
- **asses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assent-vs-asses)
- **assets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assent-vs-assets)
- **assist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assent-vs-assist)
- **assess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assent-vs-assess)
- **assert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assent-vs-assert)
- **agent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agent-vs-assent)
- **arent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-assent)
- **aspen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aspen-vs-assent)
- **assed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assed-vs-assent)
- **aspect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aspect-vs-assent)
- **accent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accent-vs-assent)
- **absent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/absent-vs-assent)
- **advent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advent-vs-assent)
- **ascent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ascent-vs-assent)
- **ardent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ardent-vs-assent)
- **ascend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ascend-vs-assent)
- **argent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argent-vs-assent)

## Common misspellings (7)
`asent`, `asesnt`, `assennt`, `assentt`, `assetn`, `assnet`, `sasent`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/assent