attachment
/əˈtæt͡ʃmənt/noun
attachment is spelled A-T-T-A-C-H-M-E-N-T: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, attachment means “The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of attachment is attachments.
How many letters and syllables are in attachment?
| Letters | 10: A-T-T-A-C-H-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.6 times per million words; the 8,542nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is attachment?
Attachment appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd 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 attachment?
- /əˈtæt͡ʃmənt/
Attachment has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-attachment.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of attachment
- attachments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does attachment mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- 2
A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!
- 3
A dependence, especially a strong one.
- 4
A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- 5
The means by which something is physically attached.
- 6
A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- 7
Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
attachment of earnings
- 8
The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Attachment in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | prensión , apego, cariño, afición, apegamiento, inhesión |
| French | attachement , dépendance , pièce jointe , saisie |
| Portuguese | apego, afeição , anexo |
| German | Attachment, Anhang, Dateianhang, Anlage |
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 attachment come from?
From French attachement. By surface analysis, attach + -ment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).