# consort

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒnsɔːt/ · frequency rank #22,331

## Definitions
1. The spouse of a monarch.
2. A husband, wife, companion or partner.
3. An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.
4. A ship accompanying another.
5. Association or partnership.
6. A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
7. Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French, ultimately from Latin cōnsors. As “companion or partner”, via Middle English consorte.

## Easily confused with
- **convert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consort-vs-convert)
- **consult** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consort-vs-consult)
- **Conor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conor-vs-consort)
- **Connor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connor-vs-consort)
- **cohort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohort-vs-consort)
- **censor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/censor-vs-consort)
- **condor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condor-vs-consort)
- **concert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concert-vs-consort)
- **comfort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comfort-vs-consort)
- **consent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-consort)
- **console** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/console-vs-consort)
- **consist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consist-vs-consort)
- **conform** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conform-vs-consort)
- **concord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concord-vs-consort)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cconsort`, `cnosort`, `connsort`, `conosrt`, `consorrt`, `consortt`, `consotr`, `consrot`, `conssort`, `cosnort`, `ocnsort`

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