apportionment

noun

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"apportionment" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“apportionment” is an uncommon English word, ranked #54,014 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#54,014
frequency rank, English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.

Key facts for apportionment
PropertyValue
Headwordapportionment
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Frequency rank#54,014
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “apportionment” sits in English frequency

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

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for apportionment is 13 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #54,014 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No generated misspelling entries exist for apportionment in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From apportion + -ment. The correct English form is apportionment, spelled A-P-P-O-R-T-I-O-N-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.
  2. 2
    The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
  3. 3
    The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states.

Etymology

From apportion + -ment.

This word in other languages

prorrateo(Español)partage(Français)Aufteilung(Deutsch)repartição(Português)

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 "apportionment"?
"apportionment" is spelled A-P-P-O-R-T-I-O-N-M-E-N-T.
What does "apportionment" mean?
As a noun, "apportionment" means: The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.
What is the origin of the word "apportionment"?
From apportion + -ment. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “apportionment”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is A-P-P-O-R-T-I-O-N-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list