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ad·ver·tise·ment/ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/noun
advertisement is spelled A-D-V-E-R-T-I-S-E-M-E-N-T, 4 syllables: ad·ver·tise·ment. The wrong spelling people search most is advertisment: about 470 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 22 of all searches for the word. Advertisement is a noun meaning “A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar”. The plural of advertisement is advertisements.
How many letters and syllables are in advertisement?
| Letters | 13: A-D-V-E-R-T-I-S-E-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: ad·ver·tise·ment |
| In writing | 6.9 times per million words; the 9,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, advertisment, about 470 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell advertisement?
Advertisement is spelled A-D-V-E-R-T-I-S-E-M-E-N-T. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 22 of the searches for advertisement in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is advertisement?
Advertisement appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce advertisement?
- UK /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/
- UK /ˈædvəˌtaɪzmənt/
- US /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/
Advertisement has 4 syllables, split ad·ver·tise·ment in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-advertisement.wav, En-us-advertisement.ogg, En-advertisement.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of advertisement
- advertisements plural
- advertizement
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does advertisement mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
Companies try to sell their products using advertisements in form of placards, television spots and print publications.
- 2
A public notice.
The city council placed an advertisement in the local newspaper to inform its residents of the forthcoming roadworks.
- 3
A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
The good manners and intelligence of the students are an advertisement for the school.
- 4
obsoleteNotoriety.
- 5
In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
- 6
obsoleteA preface.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate advertisement?
Wiktionary records 4 abbreviations of advertisement: ad, ad., adv, advt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Advertisement in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | publicité, pub, annonce, réclame , avis |
| German | Anzeige, Werbung, Annonce, Reklameanzeige, Reklame, Inserat |
| Portuguese | anúncio, publicidade, reclame, propaganda , edital |
| Spanish | anuncio, publicidad, reclamo, aviso, aviso publicitario, anuncio publicitario |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does advertisement come from?
From Middle French advertissement (“statement calling attention”), compare French avertissement (“warning”). See advertise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).