encroachment

Other forms of encroachment

plural

encroachments·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about encroachment

What does encroachment mean?

encroachment means "any entry into an area not previously occupied". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in encroachment?

encroachment has 3 syllables: en-croach-ment. The stress falls on "croach". In IPA it is /ɛnˈkɹoʊtʃmənt/.

What is another word for encroachment?

Close synonyms include invasion, intrusion, trespass, violation, intrusion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is encroachment a common word?

encroachment is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.