recruitment
/rɪˈkruːt.mənt /noun
recruitment is spelled R-E-C-R-U-I-T-M-E-N-T: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, recruitment means “The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of recruitment is recruitments.
How many letters and syllables are in recruitment?
| Letters | 11: R-E-C-R-U-I-T-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 7,121st 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 recruitment?
Recruitment appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,121st 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 recruitment?
- /rɪˈkruːt.mənt /
Recruitment 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)-Vealhurl-recruitment.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of recruitment
- recruitments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does recruitment mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.
- 2
A style or process of recruiting.
- 3
The addition of new adult or breeding-age individuals (recruits) to a population.
- 4
The full aeration of a lung.
- 5
Opening of collapsed lung alveoli by means of controlled increase in transpulmonary pressure using mechanical ventilation. (treatment strategy for ARDS)
- 6
A physical condition of the inner ear that leads to reduced tolerance of loudness, commonly occurring in those with hearing loss due to cochlear damage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Recruitment in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | recrutement |
| German | Rekrutierung, Anwerbung, Aushebung, Einberufung , Recruitment |
| Portuguese | recrutamento |
| Spanish | reclutamiento |
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 recruitment come from?
From recruit + -ment. French recrutement.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).