decompress
/diːkəmˈpɹɛs/verb
decompress is spelled D-E-C-O-M-P-R-E-S-S: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, decompress means “To relieve the pressure or compression on something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in decompress?
| Letters | 10: D-E-C-O-M-P-R-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is decompress?
Decompress appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th 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 decompress?
- UK /diːkəmˈpɹɛs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-decompress.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with decompress?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as decompress from its last stressed vowel (/ɛs/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: compressed.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of decompress
- decompresses present, singular, he/she/it
- decompressing participle, present
- decompressed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does decompress mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To relieve the pressure or compression on something.
- 2
To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
- 3
To restore (compressed data) to its original form.
- 4
To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
- 5
informalTo relax.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Decompress in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to relieve the pressure or compression on something:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | décomprimer |
| Portuguese | descomprimir |
| Spanish | descomprimir |
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 decompress come from?
From de- + compress.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).