# consummate

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkɒnsəmət/ · frequency rank #27,411

## Definitions
1. Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
2. Supremely skilled and experienced; highly accomplished; fully qualified.
3. Consummated, completed, perfected, fully accomplished.
4. Consummated.

## Etymology
First attested in the beginning of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English consummat(e) (“(past participle) fulfilled, completed; (adjective) perfect, consummate”), borrowed from Latin cōnsummātus, perfect passive participle of cōnsummō (“to sum up, finish, complete”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + summa (“a sum”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see sum, summation. Common participial usage up until Early Modern English.

## Easily confused with
- **consulate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consulate-vs-consummate)

## Common misspellings (13)
`cconsummate`, `cnosummate`, `connsummate`, `consmumate`, `conssummate`, `consumamte`, `consumate`, `consummaet`, `consummatte`, `consummtae`, `conusmmate`, `cosnummate`, `ocnsummate`

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