# consultant

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˈsʌl.tənt/ · frequency rank #5,775

## Definitions
1. A person or party that is consulted.
2. A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.
3. A senior hospital-based physician or surgeon who has completed all specialist training and has been placed on the specialist register in their chosen speciality, roughly equivalent to an attending physician in North America.

## Etymology
From French consultant, present participle of consulter, from Latin cōnsultāre (“to deliberate, consult”), frequentative of cōnsulere (“to consult, deliberate, consider, reflect upon, ask advice”), from com- (“together”) + -sulere, of uncertain origin.

## Easily confused with
- **consulting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consultant-vs-consulting)
- **constant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/constant-vs-consultant)
- **consultancy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consultancy-vs-consultant)

## Common misspellings (16)
`cconsultant`, `cnosultant`, `connsultant`, `conslutant`, `conssultant`, `consulatnt`, `consulltant`, `consultannt`, `consultantt`, `consultatn`, `consultnat`, `consulttant`, `consutlant`, `conusltant`, `cosnultant`, `ocnsultant`

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