# compartment

> English word · Noun · IPA /kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/ · frequency rank #12,209

## Definitions
1. A room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.
2. One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
3. The part of a protein that serves a specific function.
4. A mound (often of grass), shelf (of e.g. wall) or other thing beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
5. A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.

## Etymology
First attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri (“to divide with, to share with”), from com- + partiri (“to apportion, to divide, to share”).

## Common misspellings (18)
`ccompartment`, `cmopartment`, `comaprtment`, `commpartment`, `comparmtent`, `comparrtment`, `compartemnt`, `compartmennt`, `compartmentt`, `compartmetn`, `compartmment`, `compartmnet`, `comparttment`, `compatrment`, `comppartment`, `compratment`, `copmartment`, `ocmpartment`

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