# fragment

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɹæɡmənt/ · frequency rank #13,918

## Definitions
1. A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
2. A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate; a sentence fragment.
3. An incomplete portion of code.
4. A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource or anchor (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign.
5. A split piece of an organism that has undergone the asexual reproduction process where the organism splits into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.

## Etymology
From Late Middle English fragment, from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangō (“to break”) + -mentum.

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

## Common misspellings (13)
`fargment`, `ffragment`, `fragemnt`, `fraggment`, `fragmennt`, `fragmentt`, `fragmetn`, `fragmment`, `fragmnet`, `framgent`, `frgament`, `frragment`, `rfagment`

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