empowerment

noun

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"empowerment" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“empowerment” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,114. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,114
frequency rank, English
18,836
“E” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The achievement of political, social or economic power by an individual or group.

Key facts for empowerment
PropertyValue
Headwordempowerment
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#14,114
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “empowerment” sits in English frequency

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

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around empowerment, anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,114 among 18,836 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for empowerment, with forms such as "emmpowerment", "emopwerment", and "empoewrment". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From empower + -ment. The correct English form is empowerment, spelled E-M-P-O-W-E-R-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    The achievement of political, social or economic power by an individual or group.
  2. 2
    The process of supporting another person or persons to discover and claim personal power.
  3. 3
    The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).
  4. 4
    Government programs encouraging advancement of blacks.

Etymology

From empower + -ment.

This word in other languages

empoderamiento(Español)autonomisation(Français)Empowerment(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emmpowerment
  • emopwerment
  • empoewrment
  • empowemrent
  • empoweremnt
  • empowermennt
  • empowermentt
  • empowermetn
  • empowermment
  • empowermnet
  • empowerrment
  • empowrement
  • empowwerment
  • emppowerment
  • empwoerment
  • epmowerment
  • mepowerment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empowerment - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emmpowerment1emopwerment2empoewrment2empowemrent2empoweremnt2empowermennt1empowermentt1empowermetn2
Edit distance from "empowerment"

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 "empowerment"?
"empowerment" is spelled E-M-P-O-W-E-R-M-E-N-T.
What does "empowerment" mean?
As a noun, "empowerment" means: The achievement of political, social or economic power by an individual or group.
What are common misspellings of "empowerment"?
Common misspellings include "emmpowerment", "emopwerment", "empoewrment", "empowemrent", "empoweremnt". The correct spelling is "empowerment".
What is the origin of the word "empowerment"?
From empower + -ment. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “empowerment”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is E-M-P-O-W-E-R-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list