# monument

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmɑnjʊmənt/ · frequency rank #8,320

## Definitions
1. A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
2. An important site owned by the community as a whole.
3. a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
4. A sign of exceptional achievement.
5. An important burial vault or tomb.
6. Any grave marker.
7. A legal document.
8. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
9. A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
10. A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
11. A surviving record.
12. Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”).

## Etymology
From Middle English monument, from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial, monument, tomb”), from monēre (“to remind”).

## Easily confused with
- **movement** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monument-vs-movement)
- **monuments** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monument-vs-monuments)
- **monumental** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monument-vs-monumental)
- **moment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moment-vs-monument)

## Common misspellings (12)
`mmonument`, `mnoument`, `monmuent`, `monnument`, `monuemnt`, `monumennt`, `monumentt`, `monumetn`, `monumment`, `monumnet`, `mounment`, `omnument`

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