imperilment

noun

"imperilment" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“imperilment” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.

Corpus desk

Index EN-imperilment · imperilment · English

imperilment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for imperilment
PropertyValue
Headwordimperilment
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “imperilment” in English

imperilmentsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

imperilment is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.".

imperilment doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From imperil + -ment. The correct English form is imperilment, spelled I-M-P-E-R-I-L-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.

Etymology

From imperil + -ment.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "imperilment"?
"imperilment" is spelled I-M-P-E-R-I-L-M-E-N-T.
What does "imperilment" mean?
As a noun, "imperilment" means: The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.
What is the origin of the word "imperilment"?
From imperil + -ment. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list