payment
pay·ment/ˈpeɪmənt/noun
payment is spelled P-A-Y-M-E-N-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables (pay·ment). It appears 46 times per million words in written English, the 2,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, payment means “The act of paying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of payment is payments.
How many letters and syllables are in payment?
| Letters | 7: P-A-Y-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: pay·ment |
| In writing | 46 times per million words; the 2,204th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is payment?
Payment appears 46 times per million words in written English, the 2,204th 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 payment?
- /ˈpeɪmənt/
Payment has 2 syllables, split pay·ment in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-payment.wav, En-us-payment.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of payment
- payments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does payment mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of paying.
Payment will be made at the end of the month.
- 2
An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it.
- 3
Something of value given in return for an act; payback; recompense; reward.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate payment?
Wiktionary records 6 abbreviations of payment: FOP, TPO, payt, payt., pymt, pyt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Payment in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | paiement, payement |
| German | Bezahlung , Zahlung |
| Portuguese | pagamento |
| Spanish | pago, pagamento, pagamiento |
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 payment come from?
From Old French paiement. Equivalent to pay + -ment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).