enlistment

Name: enlistment, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“enlistment” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,159. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,159
frequency rank, English: 18,836
“E” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of enlisting.

Key facts for enlistment
Property	Value
Headword	enlistment
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#31,159
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “enlistment” 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). enlistment lands here:

#31,159

#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 16 spelling variants around enlistment, anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,159 among 18,836 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for enlistment, with forms such as "elnistment", "enilstment", and "enlismtent". 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 close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From enlist + -ment. The correct English form is enlistment, spelled E-N-L-I-S-T-M-E-N-T.

Definition

1
The act of enlisting.
2
The act of enlisting.

Etymology

From enlist + -ment.

This word in other languages

enrôlement(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

elnistment
enilstment
enlismtent
enlisstment
enlistemnt
enlistmennt
enlistmentt
enlistmetn
enlistmment
enlistmnet
enlisttment
enlitsment
enllistment
enlsitment
ennlistment
nelistment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enlistment - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "enlistment"

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 "enlistment"?

"enlistment" is spelled E-N-L-I-S-T-M-E-N-T.

What does "enlistment" mean?

As a noun, "enlistment" means: The act of enlisting.

What are common misspellings of "enlistment"?

Common misspellings include "elnistment", "enilstment", "enlismtent", "enlisstment", "enlistemnt". The correct spelling is "enlistment".

What is the origin of the word "enlistment"?

From enlist + -ment. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “enlistment”

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

The one correct English spelling is E-N-L-I-S-T-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.