# settlement

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɛ.təl.mənt/ · frequency rank #3,085

## Definitions
1. The act of settling.
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.
9. A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
10. A resolution of a dispute.
11. A mutual agreement to end a dispute without resorting to legal proceedings, also known as an out-of-court settlement or settling out of court.
12. An estate or district in Anglo-Indian Bengal where, instead of taking a quota of the year's produce, the government took a fixed sum several times a year from the local cultivators.

## Etymology
From settle + -ment.

## Easily confused with
- **settlements** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/settlement-vs-settlements)

## Common misspellings (14)
`esttlement`, `setlement`, `setltement`, `settelment`, `settleemnt`, `settlemennt`, `settlementt`, `settlemetn`, `settlemment`, `settlemnet`, `settllement`, `settlmeent`, `ssettlement`, `stetlement`

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