integument
/ɪnˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt/
"integument" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“integument” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A shell or other outer protective layer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-integument · integument · English
integument · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | integument |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪnˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “integument” in English
Rare enough to double-check
integument is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪnˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for integument in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin integumentum (“a covering”). The correct English form is integument, spelled I-N-T-E-G-U-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1A shell or other outer protective layer.
- 2An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell.
- 3The outer layer of an ovule, which develops into the seed coat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how integument appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The power of turning into an animal has this serious disadvantage that it lays you open to the chance of being wounded or even slain in your animal skin before you have the chance to put it off and scramble back into your human integument.
[…] if we're moved by the book's condemnation of a world wounded by exploitation, where the drive for profit hobbles the mass of humanity, bolsters vast integuments of oppression and repression, […]
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin integumentum (“a covering”).
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.