assentiment

\a.sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃\

/\a.sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“assentiment” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,475. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,475
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acquiescement déclaré ou tacite, volontaire ou forcé à un acte, à une opinion ; action de les approuver.

Corpus desk

Index FR-assentiment · assentiment · French

assentiment · rank #30,475 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #30,475
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ascq

Nearest frequency peer: Ascq (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « assentiment »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « assentiment » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

assentiment vs assortiment
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for assentiment
PropertyValue
Headwordassentiment
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#30,475
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « assentiment »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).assentimentse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Ascq » (#30,474), « assiégé » (#30,476), « astro » (#30,477). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « assentiment » est au #30,475. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around assentiment (IPA \a.sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,475 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Acquiescement déclaré ou tacite, volontaire ou forcé à un acte, à une opinion ; action de les approuver.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for assentiment, with forms such as "asentiment", "asesntiment", and "assenitment". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "assortiment", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is assentiment, spelled A-S-S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acquiescement déclaré ou tacite, volontaire ou forcé à un acte, à une opinion ; action de les approuver.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cédric, quoique assis sur un siège de même hauteur que ses concitoyens, et sans distinction apparente, paraissait cependant agir avec l’assentiment général comme chef de l’assemblée.
  2. Partout elle avait trouvé bon accueil, prompt assentiment, mais elle se propose d’aller plus outre. Pourquoi ne pas instaurer une Adoration permanente du Saint Sacrement ?

Synonyms

approbation

This word in other languages

assent(English)asenso(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asentiment
  • asesntiment
  • assenitment
  • assenntiment
  • assentiemnt
  • assentimennt
  • assentimentt
  • assentimetn
  • assentimment
  • assentimnet
  • assentmient
  • assenttiment
  • assetniment
  • assnetiment
  • sasentiment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of assentiment - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

asentiment1asesntiment2assenitment2assenntiment1assentiemnt2assentimennt1assentimentt1assentimetn2
Edit distance from "assentiment"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "assentiment"?
"assentiment" is spelled A-S-S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃\.
What does "assentiment" mean?
As a noun, "assentiment" means: Acquiescement déclaré ou tacite, volontaire ou forcé à un acte, à une opinion ; action de les approuver.
What words are commonly confused with "assentiment"?
"assentiment" is commonly confused with "assortiment". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "assentiment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assentiment" is \a.sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assentiment" come from?
"assentiment" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "assentiment", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

changerais15 variantscohérents15 variantsconfusions15 variantscristalline15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list