repayment

noun

"repayment" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“repayment” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,325. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,325
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of repaying.

Corpus desk

Index EN-repayment · repayment · English

repayment · rank #16,325 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,325
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH renal

Nearest frequency peer: renal (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “repayment”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “repayment” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for repayment
PropertyValue
Headwordrepayment
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#16,325
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “repayment”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).repaymentlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “renal” (#16,324), “rematch” (#16,323), “restrained” (#16,327). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “repayment” is #16,325. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around repayment, anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,325 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for repayment, with forms such as "erpayment", "reapyment", and "repamyent". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From repay + -ment, also equivalent to re- + payment. The correct English form is repayment, spelled R-E-P-A-Y-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of repaying.
  2. 2
    The money or other item that is repaid.
  3. 3
    The act of revenge, an act of revenge.

Etymology

From repay + -ment, also equivalent to re- + payment.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erpayment
  • reapyment
  • repamyent
  • repayemnt
  • repaymennt
  • repaymentt
  • repaymetn
  • repaymment
  • repaymnet
  • repayyment
  • reppayment
  • repyament
  • rpeayment
  • rrepayment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of repayment - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

erpayment2reapyment2repamyent2repayemnt2repaymennt1repaymentt1repaymetn2repaymment1
Edit distance from "repayment"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "repayment"?
"repayment" is spelled R-E-P-A-Y-M-E-N-T.
What does "repayment" mean?
As a noun, "repayment" means: The act of repaying.
What are common misspellings of "repayment"?
Common misspellings include "erpayment", "reapyment", "repamyent", "repayemnt", "repaymennt". The correct spelling is "repayment".
What is the origin of the word "repayment"?
From repay + -ment, also equivalent to re- + payment. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "repayment", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list