employment

/ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/

//ɪmˈplɔɪmənt// noun

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

The verdict

“employment” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,674. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,674
frequency rank, English
2,246
“E” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.

Corpus desk

Index EN-employment · employment · English

employment · rank #2,674 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,674
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,246
  • PHOTO-FINISH el

Nearest frequency peer: el (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “employment”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “employment” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for employment
PropertyValue
Headwordemployment
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/
Letters10
Frequency rank#2,674
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “employment”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).employmentlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “el” (#2,673), “exclusive” (#2,675), “Drivers” (#2,672). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “employment” is #2,674. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around employment (IPA /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,674 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for employment, with forms such as "emlpoyment", "emmployment", and "emplloyment". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From employ (itself from Middle French employer, from Middle French empleier, from Latin implicō (“enfold, involve, be connected with”), itself from in- + plicō (“fold”)) + -ment. The correct English form is employment, spelled E-M-P-L-O-Y-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
  2. 2
    The act of employing.
  3. 3
    The state of being employed.
  4. 4
    A purpose, a use.
  5. 5
    An activity to which one devotes time.
  6. 6
    The number or percentage of people at work.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. [I]t is certaine no man sees more of the Navye's Transactions than himselfe [the Clerk of the Acts], and possibly may speak as much to the project if required, or else he is a blockhead, and not fitt for that imployment.
  2. The personnel director handled the whole employment procedure

Etymology

From employ (itself from Middle French employer, from Middle French empleier, from Latin implicō (“enfold, involve, be connected with”), itself from in- + plicō (“fold”)) + -ment.

Synonyms

employhire

Antonyms

disemploymentunemployment

This word in other languages

empleo(Español)travail(Français)Arbeit(Deutsch)emprego(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emlpoyment
  • emmployment
  • emplloyment
  • emplomyent
  • employemnt
  • employmennt
  • employmentt
  • employmetn
  • employmment
  • employmnet
  • employyment
  • emplyoment
  • empolyment
  • empployment
  • epmloyment
  • meployment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of employment - 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.

emlpoyment2emmployment1emplloyment1emplomyent2employemnt2employmennt1employmentt1employmetn2
Edit distance from "employment"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "employment"?
"employment" is spelled E-M-P-L-O-Y-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/.
What does "employment" mean?
As a noun, "employment" means: The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
What are common misspellings of "employment"?
Common misspellings include "emlpoyment", "emmployment", "emplloyment", "emplomyent", "employemnt". The correct spelling is "employment".
How do you pronounce "employment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "employment" is /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "employment"?
From employ (itself from Middle French employer, from Middle French empleier, from Latin implicō (“enfold, involve, be connected with”), itself from in- + plicō (“fold”)) + -ment. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "employment", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list