temperament
/ˈtɛm.pə.ɹə.mənt/
"temperament" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“temperament” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #18,203 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,203
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | temperament |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɛm.pə.ɹə.mənt/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #18,203 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “temperament” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for temperament is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtɛm.pə.ɹə.mənt/. Corpus data places it at rank #18,203 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for temperament, with forms such as "etmperament", "temeprament", and "temmperament". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "temperamental", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English temperament, borrowed from Middle French tempérament, from Latin temperāmentum. The correct English form is temperament, spelled T-E-M-P-E-R-A-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.
- 2A tendency to become irritable or angry.
- 3The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.
- 4Individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values and attitudes.
- 5A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions.
- 6Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in which they are mixed; consistence, composition; mixture.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English temperament, borrowed from Middle French tempérament, from Latin temperāmentum.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etmperament,temeprament,temmperament,tempearment,temperaemnt,temperamennt,temperamentt,temperametn,temperamment,temperamnet,tempermaent,temperrament,tempperament,tempreament,tepmerament,tmeperament,ttemperament
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of temperament - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “temperament”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-E-M-P-E-R-A-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtɛm.pə.ɹə.mənt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “temperamental” - see the side-by-side comparison. temperament vs temperamental
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.