announcement

/əˈnaʊns.mənt/

//əˈnaʊns.mənt// noun

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"announcement" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“announcement” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,207. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,207
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An act of announcing, or giving notice.

Corpus desk

Index EN-announcement · announcement · English

announcement · rank #4,207 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,207
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH amongst

Nearest frequency peer: amongst (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “announcement”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “announcement” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for announcement
PropertyValue
Headwordannouncement
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/əˈnaʊns.mənt/
Letters12
Frequency rank#4,207
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “announcement” sits in English frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).announcementlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “amongst” (#4,206), “arranged” (#4,208), “Ali” (#4,205). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around announcement (IPA /əˈnaʊns.mənt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,207 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for announcement, with forms such as "annonucement", "annoucnement", and "announccement". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French annoncement. By surface analysis, announce + -ment. The correct English form is announcement, spelled A-N-N-O-U-N-C-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    An act of announcing, or giving notice.
  2. 2
    That which conveys what is announced.
  3. 3
    The content which is announced.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. He raised his hand to make his announcement and said, "Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make."
  2. Where else in the world can you pre-order sushi and fondue on some of the trains, travel in family carriages equipped with mini-playgrounds, or use a request stop button at some small stations? Where else can you hear the announcement: "The train at Platform 4 is ten minutes late due to an incident in another country," as I did once at the Swiss station o…

Etymology

From Middle French annoncement. By surface analysis, announce + -ment.

Synonyms

proclamationpublication

This word in other languages

anuncio(Español)annoncement(Français)Ankündigung(Deutsch)anúncio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • annonucement
  • annoucnement
  • announccement
  • announceemnt
  • announcemennt
  • announcementt
  • announcemetn
  • announcemment
  • announcemnet
  • announcmeent
  • announecment
  • announncement
  • annuoncement
  • anonuncement
  • anouncement
  • nanouncement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of announcement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

annonucement2annoucnement2announccement1announceemnt2announcemennt1announcementt1announcemetn2announcemment1
Edit distance from "announcement"

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 "announcement"?
"announcement" is spelled A-N-N-O-U-N-C-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈnaʊns.mənt/.
What does "announcement" mean?
As a noun, "announcement" means: An act of announcing, or giving notice.
What are common misspellings of "announcement"?
Common misspellings include "annonucement", "annoucnement", "announccement", "announceemnt", "announcemennt". The correct spelling is "announcement".
How do you pronounce "announcement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "announcement" is /əˈnaʊns.mənt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "announcement"?
From Middle French annoncement. By surface analysis, announce + -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 "announcement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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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