# commitment

> English word · Noun · IPA /kəˈmɪtmənt/ · frequency rank #3,416

## Definitions
1. The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
2. The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
3. Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially
4. Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
5. Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
6. The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
7. Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.
8. State of being pledged or engaged.
9. The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.

## Etymology
From commit + -ment.

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

## Common misspellings (14)
`ccommitment`, `cmomitment`, `comimtment`, `comitment`, `commimtent`, `commitemnt`, `commitmennt`, `commitmentt`, `commitmetn`, `commitmment`, `commitmnet`, `committment`, `commtiment`, `ocmmitment`

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