prolongment
/pɹəˈlɒŋmənt/
"prolongment" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prolongment” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of prolonging, or the state of being prolonged; prolongation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-prolongment · prolongment · English
prolongment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prolongment |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɹəˈlɒŋmənt/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “prolongment” in English
Rare enough to double-check
prolongment is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɹəˈlɒŋmənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of prolonging, or the state of being prolonged; prolongation.".
Zero misspellings are on record for prolongment in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From prolong + -ment. The correct English form is prolongment, spelled P-R-O-L-O-N-G-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1The act of prolonging, or the state of being prolonged; prolongation.
Etymology
From prolong + -ment.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.