# cement

> English word · Noun · IPA /səˈmɛnt/ · frequency rank #7,775

## Definitions
1. A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
2. The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.
3. Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.
4. A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
5. The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.

## Etymology
From Middle English syment, cyment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“to cut, hew”). Doublet of cementum.

## Easily confused with
- **cent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cement-vs-cent)
- **comet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cement-vs-comet)
- **client** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cement-vs-client)
- **covent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cement-vs-covent)
- **cogent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cement-vs-cogent)
- **comment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cement-vs-comment)
- **clement** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cement-vs-clement)
- **Clemens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cement-vs-clemens)
- **casement** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casement-vs-cement)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccement`, `ceemnt`, `cemennt`, `cementt`, `cemetn`, `cemment`, `cemnet`, `cmeent`, `ecment`

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