consentir

\kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tiʁ\

/\kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tiʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“consentir” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,893. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,893
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Admettre comme vrai.

Corpus desk

Index FR-consentir · consentir · French

consentir · rank #21,893 · 14 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,893
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conforter

Nearest frequency peer: conforter (-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 « consentir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « consentir » 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).

consentir vs contenir
78% similar
consentir vs convenir
78% similar
consentir vs contenter
78% similar

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

Key facts for consentir
PropertyValue
Headwordconsentir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tiʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#21,893
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « consentir »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.consentirse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « conforter » (#21,892), « contagion » (#21,894), « compromise » (#21,891). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « consentir » est au #21,893. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around consentir (IPA \kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,893 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for consentir, with forms such as "cconsentir", "cnosentir", and "conesntir". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "contenir", "convenir", "contenter", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is consentir, spelled C-O-N-S-E-N-T-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Admettre comme vrai.
  2. 2
    Accepter la réalisation d'une chose ; concéder, accorder.
  3. 3
    Accepter le mariage d'un enfant ou d'une pupille.
  4. 4
    (Marine) S'applique à un mât qui se déforme notamment à cause de la violence du vent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vérité consentie par tous.
  2. […] : très bornée dans ses dépenses, elle ne pouvait se procurer les plaisirs dont elle était avide, ni consentir à s’en priver.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconsentir
  • cnosentir
  • conesntir
  • connsentir
  • consenitr
  • consenntir
  • consentirr
  • consentri
  • consenttir
  • consetnir
  • consnetir
  • conssentir
  • cosnentir
  • ocnsentir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of consentir - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cconsentir1cnosentir2conesntir2connsentir1consenitr2consenntir1consentirr1consentri2
Edit distance from "consentir"

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 "consentir"?
"consentir" is spelled C-O-N-S-E-N-T-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tiʁ\.
What does "consentir" mean?
As a verb, "consentir" means: Admettre comme vrai.
What words are commonly confused with "consentir"?
"consentir" is commonly confused with "contenir", "convenir", "contenter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "consentir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "consentir" is \kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "consentir" come from?
"consentir" 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 "consentir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list