enjambment
/ɪnˈd͡ʒæm.mənt/
"enjambment" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“enjambment” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause.
Corpus desk
Index EN-enjambment · enjambment · English
enjambment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enjambment |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪnˈd͡ʒæm.mənt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enjambment” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
enjambment is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪnˈd͡ʒæm.mənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause.".
No misspelling variants are generated for enjambment in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French enjambement. The correct English form is enjambment, spelled E-N-J-A-M-B-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause.
Etymology
Borrowed from French enjambement.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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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.