# confinement

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˈfaɪnmənt/ · frequency rank #15,783

## Definitions
1. The act of confining or the state of being confined.
2. Lying-in, time of giving birth.
3. lockdown

## Etymology
Borrowed from French confinement. By surface analysis, confine + -ment.

## Common misspellings (17)
`cconfinement`, `cnofinement`, `cofninement`, `conffinement`, `confienment`, `confineemnt`, `confinemennt`, `confinementt`, `confinemetn`, `confinemment`, `confinemnet`, `confinmeent`, `confinnement`, `confniement`, `conifnement`, `connfinement`, `ocnfinement`

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