garment

/ˈɡɑː.mənt/

//ˈɡɑː.mənt// noun

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"garment" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“garment” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,159. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,159
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A single item of clothing.

Corpus desk

Index EN-garment · garment · English

garment · rank #13,159 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,159
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH gaga

Nearest frequency peer: gaga (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “garment”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “garment” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

garment vs garnet
71% similar
garment vs garret
71% similar
garment vs Garrett
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for garment
PropertyValue
Headwordgarment
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɡɑː.mənt/
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,159
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “garment”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).garmentlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “gaga” (#13,158), “geometric” (#13,160), “Goldman” (#13,162). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “garment” is #13,159. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around garment (IPA /ˈɡɑː.mənt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,159 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for garment, with forms such as "agrment", "gamrent", and "garemnt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "garnet", "garret", "Garrett", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English garment, garement, garnement, from Old French garnement, guarnement, from Old French garnir, guarnir (“to protect, fortify, clothe, garnish, adorn”), from Frankish *warnijan (“to ward off, refuse, deny”). More at English garnish. The correct English form is garment, spelled G-A-R-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A single item of clothing.
  2. 2
    The visible exterior in which a thing is invested or embodied.
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of temple garment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how garment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The woman ſhall not weare that which pertaineth vnto a man, neither ſhall a man put on a womans garment: foꝛ all that doe ſo, are abomination vnto the Lord thy God.
  2. This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.

Etymology

From Middle English garment, garement, garnement, from Old French garnement, guarnement, from Old French garnir, guarnir (“to protect, fortify, clothe, garnish, adorn”), from Frankish *warnijan (“to ward off, refuse, deny”). More at English garnish.

This word in other languages

prenda(Español)vêtement(Français)Kleidungsstück(Deutsch)roupa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agrment
  • gamrent
  • garemnt
  • garmennt
  • garmentt
  • garmetn
  • garmment
  • garmnet
  • garrment
  • ggarment
  • grament

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of garment - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

agrment2gamrent2garemnt2garmennt1garmentt1garmetn2garmment1garmnet2
Edit distance from "garment"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "garment"?
"garment" is spelled G-A-R-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɡɑː.mənt/.
What does "garment" mean?
As a noun, "garment" means: A single item of clothing.
What words are commonly confused with "garment"?
"garment" is commonly confused with "garnet", "garret", "Garrett". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "garment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "garment" is /ˈɡɑː.mənt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "garment"?
From Middle English garment, garement, garnement, from Old French garnement, guarnement, from Old French garnir, guarnir (“to protect, fortify, clothe, garnish, adorn”), from Frankish *warnijan (“to ward off, refuse, deny”). More at English garnish. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "garment", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Goldman#13,162Halifax#13,167elastic#13,142insults#13,176

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

gracious11 variantsdisrupt11 variantsKurdish11 variantscynical11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list