detainment
de·tain·ment/dɪˈteɪn.mənt/noun
detainment is spelled D-E-T-A-I-N-M-E-N-T: 10 letters and 3 syllables (de·tain·ment). It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, detainment means “The condition of being detained; detention” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of detainment is detainments.
How many letters and syllables are in detainment?
| Letters | 10: D-E-T-A-I-N-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: de·tain·ment |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,894th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is detainment?
Detainment appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th 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 detainment?
- /dɪˈteɪn.mənt/
Detainment has 3 syllables, split de·tain·ment in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-detainment.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of detainment
- detainments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does detainment mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition of being detained; detention.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does detainment come from?
From detain + -ment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).