detoxification
/diˈtɑk.sɪ.fɪˌkeɪ.ʃən/noun
detoxification is spelled D-E-T-O-X-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N: 14 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, detoxification means “The process of removing toxins” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of detoxification is detoxifications.
How many letters and syllables are in detoxification?
| Letters | 14: D-E-T-O-X-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,230th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is detoxification?
Detoxification appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th 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 detoxification?
- US /diˈtɑk.sɪ.fɪˌkeɪ.ʃən/
Detoxification has 6 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Qwertygiy-detoxification.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of detoxification
- detoxifications plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does detoxification mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process of removing toxins.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Detoxification in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense detoxification:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | détoxification |
| German | Entgiftung, Entschlackung |
| Portuguese | desintoxicação |
| Spanish | desintoxicación |
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 detoxification come from?
From de- + toxification.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).