attaintment

noun

"attaintment" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“attaintment” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attainder, attainture; conviction.

Corpus desk

Index EN-attaintment · attaintment · English

attaintment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for attaintment
PropertyValue
Headwordattaintment
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “attaintment” in English

attaintmentfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

attaintment is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for attaintment, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From attaint + -ment. The correct English form is attaintment, spelled A-T-T-A-I-N-T-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Attainder, attainture; conviction.
  2. 2
    Misspelling of attainment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. There is that prouokes me to speake against this law of attaintment, they say I am not indifferent.
  2. For where the party may have an attaintment, there no damages shall be assessed by the Court, if the same be not found by the Jury; and therefore the Court would be advised of it: […]

Etymology

From attaint + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "attaintment"?
"attaintment" is spelled A-T-T-A-I-N-T-M-E-N-T.
What does "attaintment" mean?
As a noun, "attaintment" means: Attainder, attainture; conviction.
What is the origin of the word "attaintment"?
From attaint + -ment. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list