garment

\ˈɡɑɹ.mənt\

/\ˈɡɑɹ.mənt\/ noun

The verdict

“garment” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vêtement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-garment · garment · French

garment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for garment
PropertyValue
Headwordgarment
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈɡɑɹ.mənt\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « garment » en français

garmentn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

garment is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɡɑɹ.mənt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vêtement.".

No misspelling variants are generated for garment in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is garment, spelled G-A-R-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vêtement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how garment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Resolute and wild of look, rapid of foot and yet weak and uncertain, conspicuously dressed in its black garments and with its hurried head-covering, gaunt and of an unearthly paleness, it pressed forward, taking no more heed of the throng than a sleep-walker.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "garment"?
"garment" is spelled G-A-R-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈɡɑɹ.mənt\.
What does "garment" mean?
As a noun, "garment" means: Vêtement.
How do you pronounce "garment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "garment" is \ˈɡɑɹ.mənt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "garment" come from?
"garment" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list