assented

/əˈsɛntɪd/

//əˈsɛntɪd// verb

"assented" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“assented” is uncommon English (frequency #83,009 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,009
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of assent

Corpus desk

Index EN-assented · assented · English

assented · rank #83,009 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,009
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH assail

Nearest frequency peer: assail (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “assented”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “assented” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for assented
PropertyValue
Headwordassented
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/əˈsɛntɪd/
Letters8
Frequency rank#83,009
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “assented” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).assentedfalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “assail” (#83,008), “attitudinal” (#83,011), “Arslan” (#83,006). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “assented” is #83,009. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

assented is uncommon English at frequency #83,009 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /əˈsɛntɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of assent".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for assented, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is assented, spelled A-S-S-E-N-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of assent

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "assented"?
"assented" is spelled A-S-S-E-N-T-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈsɛntɪd/.
What does "assented" mean?
As a verb, "assented" means: simple past and past participle of assent
How do you pronounce "assented"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assented" is /əˈsɛntɪd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assented" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list