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Spelling Entry 1372 / 1605 60-second read

Consensus vs. Concensus

No C in the middle — it is con-SENSUS.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

A growing concensus.

✓ Correct

A growing consensus — CONSENSUS comes from CONSENT, not CENSUS. The middle is S, not C.

The ruleii

CONSENT → CONSENSUS.

Easy slip because CENSUS exists and looks plausibly related (they're not). CONSENSUS = "feeling together"; CENSUS = a count. Build the word from CONSENT and the spelling falls out.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Consent leads to consensus.

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