# employment

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/ · frequency rank #2,674

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

## 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.

## Common misspellings (16)
`emlpoyment`, `emmployment`, `emplloyment`, `emplomyent`, `employemnt`, `employmennt`, `employmentt`, `employmetn`, `employmment`, `employmnet`, `employyment`, `emplyoment`, `empolyment`, `empployment`, `epmloyment`, `meployment`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/employment