fitment
"fitment" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fitment” is uncommon English (frequency #87,289 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,289
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A thing fitted to another in order to accomplish a specific purpose.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fitment · fitment · English
fitment · rank #87,289 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,289
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH filmer
Nearest frequency peer: filmer (-3 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 “fitment”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- FII
FII
12,716 corpus weight
- filmer
filmer
12,715 corpus weight
- fitment
fitment
12,712 corpus weight
- fluffing
fluffing
12,709 corpus weight
- focaccia
focaccia
12,707 corpus weight
- foreland
foreland
12,705 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fitment” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fitment |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fitment” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fitment is uncommon English at frequency #87,289 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fitment, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fit + -ment. The correct English form is fitment, spelled F-I-T-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1A thing fitted to another in order to accomplish a specific purpose.
- 2An item of permanent furniture or equipment.
- 3The act of furnishing with fitments; an instance of such an act.
- 4The proper positioning and orientation of a thing for it to serve its designed purpose.
- 5The categorisation of an employee, for the purpose of calculating salary or allowances.
- 6Something that suits or fits.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fitment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bottles also usually incorporate a fitment, which provides a pouring spout.
Poor Mole! The Life Adventurous was so new a thing to him, and so thrilling; and this fresh aspect of it was so tempting; and he had fallen in love at first sight with the canary-coloured cart and all its little fitments.
Etymology
From fit + -ment.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).