# encampment

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪnˈkæmpm(ə)nt/ · frequency rank #30,022

## Definitions
1. A place where people (such as displaced people, soldiers, or travellers) encamp, that is, stay in tents or other temporary structures; a camp or campsite.
2. A place where people or things stay temporarily.
3. An enclosed or fortified prehistoric site, especially a European Iron Age hill-fort.
4. A meeting (especially an annual meeting or important conference) of an outdoorsy group of people, such as military veterans or scouts of the scouting movement.
5. A meeting of Freemasons.
6. The act of encamping or setting up a camp; also, the state of being encamped or in a camp.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *h₁én
From encamp (“to establish a camp or temporary shelter”) + -ment (suffix forming nouns denoting actions or their results).

## Easily confused with
- **escarpment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/encampment-vs-escarpment)

## Common misspellings (16)
`ecnampment`, `enacmpment`, `encammpent`, `encammpment`, `encampemnt`, `encampmennt`, `encampmentt`, `encampmetn`, `encampmment`, `encampmnet`, `encamppment`, `encapmment`, `enccampment`, `encmapment`, `enncampment`, `necampment`

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