settlement
settle·ment/ˈsɛ.təl.mənt/noun
settlement is spelled S-E-T-T-L-E-M-E-N-T, 2 syllables: settle·ment. The wrong spelling people search most is settlment: about 720 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 208 of all searches for the word. Settlement is a noun meaning “The act of settling”. The plural of settlement is settlements.
How many letters and syllables are in settlement?
| Letters | 10: S-E-T-T-L-E-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: settle·ment |
| In writing | 31 times per million words; the 3,052nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, settlment, about 720 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell settlement?
Settlement is spelled S-E-T-T-L-E-M-E-N-T. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 193 of the searches for settlement in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is settlement?
Settlement appears 31 times per million words in written English, the 3,052nd 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 settlement?
- /ˈsɛ.təl.mənt/
- [ˈsɛtəɫmənt]
- [ˈsɛtɫ̩mn̩t]
Settlement has 2 syllables, split settle·ment in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-settlement.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of settlement
- settlements plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does settlement mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of settling.
settlement of debt
- 2
The state of being settled.
- 3
A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
- 4
A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
- 5
A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.
- 6
The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
- 7
The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
- 8
A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Settlement in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | règlement, solution , colonie , agglomération, établissement , acte de propriété |
| German | Regelung, Regulierung, Erledigung , Ansiedlung, Siedlung, Niederlassung |
| Portuguese | estabelecer , povoação, assentamento , liquidação |
| Spanish | poblado, asentamiento , acuerdo , finiquito |
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 settlement come from?
From settle + -ment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).