figment
/ˈfɪɡ.mənt/noun
figment is spelled F-I-G-M-E-N-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, figment means “A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of figment is figments.
How many letters and syllables are in figment?
| Letters | 7: F-I-G-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,775th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is figment?
Figment appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce figment?
- US /ˈfɪɡ.mənt/
Figment has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-figment.ogg, En-au-figment.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with figment?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as figment from its last stressed vowel (/ɪɡmənt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of figment
- figments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does figment mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
a figment of one's imagination
- 2
obsoleteAn item which has been crafted.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Figment in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fabrication, fantasy, invention:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chimère, illusion, vaticination, vue de l'esprit, déconnage, fiction |
| German | Hirngespinst, Fantasieprodukt, Erfindung |
| Spanish | quimera, espejismo, ensueño, ficción, producto, ilusión |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does figment come from?
From Late Latin figmentum (“anything made, a fiction”), from fingō (“make, form, feign”); see fiction, feign, feint.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).