easement
/ˈiːzm(ə)nt/
"easement" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“easement” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #37,433 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,433
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An interest in land which grants the legal right to use another person's real property (real estate), generally in order to cross a part of the property or to gain access to something on the proper...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | easement |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈiːzm(ə)nt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #37,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “easement” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for easement is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈiːzm(ə)nt/. Corpus data places it at rank #37,433 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for easement, with forms such as "aesement", "eaesment", and "easeemnt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "element", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Anglo-Norman aisement, easement, eisement, esament, esement, and Middle French aisement (“comfort, convenience, ease, facility, opportunity; a benefit, relief; a right to use land, a thing, etc.; a privy”), from aisier (“to put at ease; to facilitate”)… The correct English form is easement, spelled E-A-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1An interest in land which grants the legal right to use another person's real property (real estate), generally in order to cross a part of the property or to gain access to something on the property (right of way).
- 2An element such as a baseboard, handrail, etc., that is curved instead of abruptly changing direction.
- 3Easing; relief; assistance; support.
- 4The act of relieving oneself: defecating or urinating.
- 5Transition spiral curve track between a straight or tangent track and a circular curved track of a certain radius or selected radius.
- 6Gratification.
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman aisement, easement, eisement, esament, esement, and Middle French aisement (“comfort, convenience, ease, facility, opportunity; a benefit, relief; a right to use land, a thing, etc.; a privy”), from aisier (“to put at ease; to facilitate”) + -ment (“-ment, suffix forming nouns, usually the action or state resulting from verbs”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aesement,eaesment,easeemnt,easemennt,easementt,easemetn,easemment,easemnet,easmeent,eassement,esaement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of easement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “easement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-A-S-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈiːzm(ə)nt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “element” - see the side-by-side comparison. easement vs element
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.