# empowerment

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #14,114

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

## Etymology
From empower + -ment.

## Common misspellings (17)
`emmpowerment`, `emopwerment`, `empoewrment`, `empowemrent`, `empoweremnt`, `empowermennt`, `empowermentt`, `empowermetn`, `empowermment`, `empowermnet`, `empowerrment`, `empowrement`, `empowwerment`, `emppowerment`, `empwoerment`, `epmowerment`, `mepowerment`

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