consentingly

adv

"consentingly" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“consentingly” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in a consenting manner, showing consent

Corpus desk

Index EN-consentingly · consentingly · English

consentingly · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for consentingly
PropertyValue
Headwordconsentingly
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “consentingly” in English

consentinglyranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

consentingly is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in a consenting manner, showing consent".

consentingly doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From consenting + -ly. The correct English form is consentingly, spelled C-O-N-S-E-N-T-I-N-G-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    in a consenting manner, showing consent

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. It'll be more sociable," the masseuse suggested, lifting her bag to the table and covering its shiny onyx surface with bottles and polishers. Mrs. Spragg consentingly slipped the rings from her small mottled hands.
  2. Yet, as he talked, Dosia became curiously aware that from his position directly across the room he was covertly watching her as she sat consentingly listening to George Sutton, whose round face was bending over very near, his thick coat sleeve pinning down the filmy ruffles of hers as it rested on the carved arm of the little sofa.

Etymology

From consenting + -ly.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "consentingly"?
"consentingly" is spelled C-O-N-S-E-N-T-I-N-G-L-Y.
What does "consentingly" mean?
As an adverb, "consentingly" means: in a consenting manner, showing consent
What is the origin of the word "consentingly"?
From consenting + -ly. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list