defacement
/dɪˈfeɪsmənt/noun
defacement is spelled D-E-F-A-C-E-M-E-N-T: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, defacement means “An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of defacement is defacements.
How many letters and syllables are in defacement?
| Letters | 10: D-E-F-A-C-E-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 110,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is defacement?
Defacement appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th 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 defacement?
- /dɪˈfeɪsmənt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-defacement.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of defacement
- defacements plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does defacement mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something.
Some consider the defacement of the Sphinx to be the most egregious crime of Napolean's campaigns.
- 2
An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value.
The soldiers found a variety of creative uses for their payment scrip after its defacement to scrap paper; some used it as toilet paper.
- 3
A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does defacement come from?
From deface + -ment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).