# assignment

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈsaɪn.mənt/ · frequency rank #5,291

## Definitions
1. The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
2. The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
3. The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
4. An assigned task.
5. A position to which someone is assigned.
6. A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
7. A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.
8. A document that effects this transfer.
9. An operation that assigns a value to a variable.

## Etymology
From Middle English assignement, from Old French assignement. By surface analysis, assign + -ment.

## Easily confused with
- **alignment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alignment-vs-assignment)

## Common misspellings (14)
`asignment`, `asisgnment`, `assginment`, `assiggnment`, `assigmnent`, `assignemnt`, `assignmennt`, `assignmentt`, `assignmetn`, `assignmment`, `assignmnet`, `assignnment`, `assingment`, `sasignment`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/assignment