maltreatment
/malˈtɹit.mɛnt/noun
maltreatment is spelled M-A-L-T-R-E-A-T-M-E-N-T: 12 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, maltreatment means “Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of maltreatment is maltreatments.
How many letters and syllables are in maltreatment?
| Letters | 12: M-A-L-T-R-E-A-T-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,633rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is maltreatment?
Maltreatment appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce maltreatment?
- UK /malˈtɹiːtmənt/
- US /malˈtɹit.mɛnt/
Maltreatment has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Qwertygiy-maltreatment.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of maltreatment
- maltreatments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does maltreatment mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Maltreatment in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cruel or harmful treatment:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sévice, maltraitement |
| German | Misshandlung |
| Spanish | maltrato, maltratamiento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does maltreatment come from?
By surface analysis, maltreat + -ment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).