demodulate
/dɪˈmɒdʃəleɪt/verb
demodulate is a verb meaning “To reverse modulate, undo the effects of modulation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-E-M-O-D-U-L-A-T-E and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 69 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does demodulate mean?
verb
- 1
To reverse modulate, undo the effects of modulation.
In a radio transmitter you modulate the carrier wave; in the receiver you demodulate it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce demodulate?
- UK /dɪˈmɒdʃəleɪt/
Demodulate has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of demodulate
- demodulates present, singular, he/she/it
- demodulating participle, present
- demodulated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is demodulate?
Demodulate appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd 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).
Demodulate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense undo the effects of modulation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | démoduler |
| German | demodulieren |
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.