deployment
/dɪˈplɔɪmənt/noun
deployment is spelled D-E-P-L-O-Y-M-E-N-T: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, deployment means “An arrangement or classification of things” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of deployment is deployments.
How many letters and syllables are in deployment?
| Letters | 10: D-E-P-L-O-Y-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.1 times per million words; the 8,146th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is deployment?
Deployment appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce deployment?
- /dɪˈplɔɪmənt/
Deployment has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-deployment.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of deployment
- deployments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does deployment mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An arrangement or classification of things.
- 2
An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
- 3
Ellipsis of software deployment, the installation of software, in particular on servers.
- 4
The distribution of military forces, especially prior to battle.
- 5
The start of something.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Deployment in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Anordnung, Aufstellung , Auslieferung, Verteilung , Aufmarsch, Entsendung |
| French | déploiement |
| Portuguese | destacamento , mobilização |
| Spanish | despliegue, desplegadura |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does deployment come from?
From French déploiement. Also de- + ployment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).