adjournment

Name: adjournment, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“adjournment” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,493. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,493
frequency rank, English: 3,931
“A” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.

Corpus desk

Index EN-adjournment · adjournment · English

adjournment · rank #43,493 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #43,493
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 17 variants
BOOK-MID 3,931
PHOTO-FINISH accosted

Nearest frequency peer: accosted (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

AAU

56,512
abalone

56,511
abdicate

56,510
accosted

56,509
adjournment

56,508
affable

56,506

What this shows “adjournment” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for adjournment
Property	Value
Headword	adjournment
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#43,493
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “adjournment”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).adjournmentlands here:

#43,493

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “accosted” (#43,492), “abdicate” (#43,491), “affable” (#43,495). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “adjournment” is #43,493. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around adjournment, anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,493 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for adjournment, with forms such as "addjournment", "adjjournment", and "adjorunment". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English ajournement, from Old French ajornement, equivalent to adjourn + -ment. The correct English form is adjournment, spelled A-D-J-O-U-R-N-M-E-N-T.

Definition

1
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
2
Ampliatio.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

At midnight we made a motion for adjournment and everyone went home tired.
A “meeting” of an assembly is terminated by a temporary adjournment; a “session” of an assembly ends with an adjournment without day, and may consist of many meetings […]

Etymology

From Middle English ajournement, from Old French ajornement, equivalent to adjourn + -ment.

Synonyms

deferral procrastination deferment

This word in other languages

suspensión(Español)ajournement(Français)Verschiebung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

addjournment
adjjournment
adjorunment
adjounrment
adjourmnent
adjournemnt
adjournmennt
adjournmentt
adjournmetn
adjournmment
adjournmnet
adjournnment
adjourrnment
adjuornment
adojurnment
ajdournment
dajournment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "adjournment"

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adjournment"?

"adjournment" is spelled A-D-J-O-U-R-N-M-E-N-T.

What does "adjournment" mean?

As a noun, "adjournment" means: The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.

What are common misspellings of "adjournment"?

Common misspellings include "addjournment", "adjjournment", "adjorunment", "adjounrment", "adjourmnent". The correct spelling is "adjournment".

What is the origin of the word "adjournment"?

From Middle English ajournement, from Old French ajornement, equivalent to adjourn + -ment. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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