debride
/dɪˈbɹiːd/verb
debride is spelled D-E-B-R-I-D-E. The wrong spelling people search most is debreed: about 30 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 20 of all searches for the word. Debride is a verb meaning “To remove necrotic tissue or foreign matter from (a wound or the like)”.
How many letters and syllables are in debride?
| Letters | 7: D-E-B-R-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 71 million words; the 265,644th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, debreed, about 30 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 debride?
Debride is spelled D-E-B-R-I-D-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 20 of the searches for debride 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 debride?
Debride appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th 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 debride?
- /dɪˈbɹiːd/
- /diːˈbɹiːd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of debride
- debrides present, singular, he/she/it
- debriding participle, present
- debrided participle, past
- débride
- débrides present, singular, he/she/it
- débriding participle, present
- débrided participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does debride mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To remove necrotic tissue or foreign matter from (a wound or the like).
verb
- 1
Alternative form of debride.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Debride in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to remove dead or damaged tissue:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | desbridar |
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 debride come from?
Borrowed from French débrider (“to unbridle, unharness”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).