# consent

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈsɛnt/ · frequency rank #3,869

## Definitions
1. To express willingness, to give permission.
2. To cause to sign a consent form.
3. To grant; to allow; to assent to.
4. To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.

## Etymology
Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre (“to agree; to assent, consent”), itself from com- (“with”) + sentiō (“to feel”)

## Easily confused with
- **covent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-covent)
- **corset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-corset)
- **content** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-content)
- **context** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-context)
- **contest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-contest)
- **convert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-convert)
- **consist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-consist)
- **consult** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-consult)
- **contend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-contend)
- **convent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-convent)
- **consort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-consort)
- **convene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-convene)
- **constant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-constant)
- **contents** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-contents)
- **consented** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-consented)
- **cogent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cogent-vs-consent)
- **comment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comment-vs-consent)
- **concept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concept-vs-consent)
- **concert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concert-vs-consent)
- **connect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connect-vs-consent)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cconsent`, `cnosent`, `conesnt`, `connsent`, `consennt`, `consentt`, `consetn`, `consnet`, `conssent`, `cosnent`, `ocnsent`

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