defragment
/diːfɹæɡˈmɛnt/verb
defragment is spelled D-E-F-R-A-G-M-E-N-T: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, defragment means “To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in defragment?
| Letters | 10: D-E-F-R-A-G-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 defragment?
Defragment appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th 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 defragment?
- /diːfɹæɡˈmɛnt/
- /diːˈfɹæɡmɛnt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-defragment.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with defragment?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as defragment.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: fragmented.
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 defragment
- defragments present, singular, he/she/it
- defragmenting participle, present
- defragmented participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does defragment mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate defragment?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of defragment: defrag.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Defragment in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | défragmenter |
| German | defragmentieren |
| Portuguese | desfragmentar |
| Spanish | desfragmentar |
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 defragment come from?
From de- + fragment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).