# payment

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpeɪmənt/ · frequency rank #2,225

## Definitions
1. The act of paying.
2. An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it.

## Etymology
From Old French paiement. Equivalent to pay + -ment.

## Easily confused with
- **pigment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payment-vs-pigment)
- **payments** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payment-vs-payments)
- **parent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parent-vs-payment)
- **patent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patent-vs-payment)
- **patient** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patient-vs-payment)
- **pavement** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pavement-vs-payment)

## Common misspellings (11)
`apyment`, `pamyent`, `payemnt`, `paymennt`, `paymentt`, `paymetn`, `paymment`, `paymnet`, `payyment`, `ppayment`, `pyament`

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