enticement
/ɪnˈtaɪsmənt/
"enticement" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“enticement” is uncommon English (frequency #79,492 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,492
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting.
Corpus desk
Index EN-enticement · enticement · English
enticement · rank #79,492 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,492
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Engr
Nearest frequency peer: Engr (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “enticement”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Elphinstone
Elphinstone
20,514 corpus weight
- energetics
energetics
20,511 corpus weight
- Engr
Engr
20,510 corpus weight
- enticement
enticement
20,509 corpus weight
- Epirus
Epirus
20,506 corpus weight
- ethnocentric
ethnocentric
20,504 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “enticement” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enticement |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪnˈtaɪsmənt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “enticement” in English
Rare enough to double-check
enticement is uncommon English at frequency #79,492 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪnˈtaɪsmənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for enticement, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French enticement. The correct English form is enticement, spelled E-N-T-I-C-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting.
- 2That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enticement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Suddenly on the far side of the street Rozsi and her sister passed, with little baskets on their arms. He started up, and at that moment Rozsi looked round--her face was the incarnation of enticement, the chin tilted, the lower lip thrust a little forward, her round neck curving back over her shoulder. Swithin muttered, "Make your own arrangements--leave…
None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science.
Etymology
From Old French enticement.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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