consanguinity
/kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnɪti/
"consanguinity" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“consanguinity” is uncommon English (frequency #96,880 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,880
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. A blood relationship.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | consanguinity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnɪti/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #96,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “consanguinity” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
consanguinity is uncommon English at frequency #96,880 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
consanguinity doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English consanguinytee, consanguinite, consanguinyte, from Old French consanguinité and Latin cōnsanguinitātem, accusative of Latin cōnsanguinitās, from cōnsanguineus, from Latin com- (“together”) + sanguineus (“of or pertaining to blood”), from… The correct English form is consanguinity, spelled C-O-N-S-A-N-G-U-I-N-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. A blood relationship.
- 2Inbreeding
Etymology
From Middle English consanguinytee, consanguinite, consanguinyte, from Old French consanguinité and Latin cōnsanguinitātem, accusative of Latin cōnsanguinitās, from cōnsanguineus, from Latin com- (“together”) + sanguineus (“of or pertaining to blood”), from Latin sanguis (“blood”).
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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.
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Using “consanguinity”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-S-A-N-G-U-I-N-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.