imprisonment
/ɪmˈpɹɪzn̩.mənt/
"imprisonment" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“imprisonment” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,438 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,438
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imprisonment |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪmˈpɹɪzn̩.mənt/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #8,438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “imprisonment” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for imprisonment is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪmˈpɹɪzn̩.mənt/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,438 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for imprisonment, with forms such as "immprisonment", "impirsonment", and "impprisonment". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Anglo-Norman emprisonement, from Old French emprisonnement. See imprison + -ment. The correct English form is imprisonment, spelled I-M-P-R-I-S-O-N-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman emprisonement, from Old French emprisonnement. See imprison + -ment.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: immprisonment,impirsonment,impprisonment,impriosnment,imprisnoment,imprisomnent,imprisonemnt,imprisonmennt,imprisonmentt,imprisonmetn,imprisonmment,imprisonmnet,imprisonnment,imprissonment,imprrisonment,imprsionment,imrpisonment,ipmrisonment,miprisonment
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imprisonment - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “imprisonment”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-M-P-R-I-S-O-N-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪmˈpɹɪzn̩.mənt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.