# figment

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɪɡ.mənt/ · frequency rank #48,745

## Definitions
1. A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
2. An item which has been crafted.

## Etymology
From Late Latin figmentum (“anything made, a fiction”), from fingō (“make, form, feign”); see fiction, feign.

## Easily confused with
- **fragment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/figment-vs-fragment)
- **filament** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/figment-vs-filament)
- **ferment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ferment-vs-figment)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ffigment`, `fgiment`, `figemnt`, `figgment`, `figmennt`, `figmentt`, `figmetn`, `figmment`, `figmnet`, `fimgent`, `ifgment`

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