assentir

/ɐ.sẽ.ˈtiɾ/

//ɐ.sẽ.ˈtiɾ// verb

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The verdict

“assentir” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - consentir

Corpus desk

Index PT-assentir · assentir · Portuguese

assentir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for assentir
PropertyValue
Headwordassentir
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐ.sẽ.ˈtiɾ/
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “assentir” sits in Portuguese frequency

assentirfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

assentir is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.sẽ.ˈtiɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

assentir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is assentir, spelled A-S-S-E-N-T-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    consentir
  2. 2
    concordar
  3. 3
    permitir

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "assentir"?
"assentir" is spelled A-S-S-E-N-T-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.sẽ.ˈtiɾ/.
What does "assentir" mean?
As a verb, "assentir" means: consentir
How do you pronounce "assentir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assentir" is /ɐ.sẽ.ˈtiɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assentir" come from?
"assentir" is a Portuguese 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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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list