embarkment

noun

"embarkment" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“embarkment” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - embarkation; the act of setting out

Corpus desk

Index EN-embarkment · embarkment · English

embarkment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for embarkment
PropertyValue
Headwordembarkment
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “embarkment” in English

embarkmentsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

embarkment is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "embarkation; the act of setting out".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for embarkment, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French embarquement. The correct English form is embarkment, spelled E-M-B-A-R-K-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    embarkation; the act of setting out

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how embarkment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. he removed from his Cuman to his Pompeian villa, beyond Naples, which, not being so commodious for an embarkment, would help to lessen the suspicion of the intended flight.

Etymology

From French embarquement.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "embarkment"?
"embarkment" is spelled E-M-B-A-R-K-M-E-N-T.
What does "embarkment" mean?
As a noun, "embarkment" means: embarkation; the act of setting out
What is the origin of the word "embarkment"?
From French embarquement. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list