# interment

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪnˈtɝmənt/ · frequency rank #39,369

## Definitions
1. The act of burying a dead body; burial.

## Etymology
From Middle English enterement, interment, from Old French enterrement. By surface analysis, inter + -ment.

## Easily confused with
- **internet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/interment-vs-internet)
- **intervene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/interment-vs-intervene)
- **intersect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/interment-vs-intersect)
- **internment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/interment-vs-internment)
- **interest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/interest-vs-interment)
- **inherent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inherent-vs-interment)
- **intercept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intercept-vs-interment)

## Common misspellings (14)
`inetrment`, `innterment`, `intemrent`, `interemnt`, `intermennt`, `intermentt`, `intermetn`, `intermment`, `intermnet`, `interrment`, `intrement`, `intterment`, `itnerment`, `niterment`

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