embankment
/ɪmˈbæŋkmənt/
"embankment" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“embankment” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,818. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,818
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embankment |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪmˈbæŋkmənt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #23,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “embankment” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around embankment (IPA /ɪmˈbæŋkmənt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,818 among 18,836 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for embankment, with forms such as "ebmankment", "emabnkment", and "embaknment". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From embank + -ment. The correct English form is embankment, spelled E-M-B-A-N-K-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.
Etymology
From embank + -ment.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ebmankment
- emabnkment
- embaknment
- embankemnt
- embankkment
- embankmennt
- embankmentt
- embankmetn
- embankmment
- embankmnet
- embanmkent
- embannkment
- embbankment
- embnakment
- emmbankment
- mebankment
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of embankment - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “embankment”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-M-B-A-N-K-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪmˈbæŋkmənt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.