embodiment
noun
embodiment is spelled E-M-B-O-D-I-M-E-N-T: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, embodiment means “The process of embodying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of embodiment is embodiments.
How many letters and syllables are in embodiment?
| Letters | 10: E-M-B-O-D-I-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th 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 embodiment?
Embodiment appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th 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 embodiment?
- US
Embodiment has 4 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)-Vininn126-embodiment.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of embodiment
- embodiments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does embodiment mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process of embodying.
- 2
A physical entity typifying an abstract concept.
You are the very embodiment of beauty.
- 3
The ways that knowledge, personality, culture, etc. are modulated by being experienced through a physical body.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Embodiment in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense entity typifying an abstraction:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | incarnation |
| German | Verkörperung, Inbegriff, Inkarnation |
| Portuguese | personificação |
| Spanish | encarnación, personificación, efigie, corporeización |
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 embodiment come from?
From embody + -ment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).