allurement
/əˈlʊɚmənt/
"allurement" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“allurement” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attractiveness; appeal, charisma.
Corpus desk
Index EN-allurement · allurement · English
allurement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | allurement |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈlʊɚmənt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “allurement” in English
Rare enough to double-check
allurement is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈlʊɚmənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for allurement, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From allure + -ment. The correct English form is allurement, spelled A-L-L-U-R-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Attractiveness; appeal, charisma.
- 2An enticement, inducement or bait.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how allurement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
That though their Thoughts are ever turn'd upon appearing Aimiable, yet every Feature of their Faces and every Part of their Dress is fill'd with Snares and Allurements.
Etymology
From allure + -ment.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.