# imprisonment

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪmˈpɹɪzn̩.mənt/ · frequency rank #8,438

## Definitions
1. A 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.

## Common misspellings (19)
`immprisonment`, `impirsonment`, `impprisonment`, `impriosnment`, `imprisnoment`, `imprisomnent`, `imprisonemnt`, `imprisonmennt`, `imprisonmentt`, `imprisonmetn`, `imprisonmment`, `imprisonmnet`, `imprisonnment`, `imprissonment`, `imprrisonment`, `imprsionment`, `imrpisonment`, `ipmrisonment`, `miprisonment`

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