# consist

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈsɪst/ · frequency rank #7,781

## Definitions
1. To be.
2. To exist or be compatible.

## Etymology
From Middle French consister, from Latin consistō (“stand together, stop, become hard or solid, agree with, continue, exist”), from com- (“together”) + sistō (“I cause to stand, stand”).

## Easily confused with
- **contest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consist-vs-contest)
- **consult** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consist-vs-consult)
- **convict** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consist-vs-convict)
- **consort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consist-vs-consort)
- **consists** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consist-vs-consists)
- **consisted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consist-vs-consisted)
- **consent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-consist)
- **concise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concise-vs-consist)
- **coexist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coexist-vs-consist)

## Common misspellings (10)
`cconsist`, `cnosist`, `conisst`, `connsist`, `consistt`, `consits`, `conssist`, `conssit`, `cosnist`, `ocnsist`

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