enrage
/ɪnˈɹeɪd͡ʒ/verb
enrage is spelled E-N-R-A-G-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, enrage means “To become angry or wild” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in enrage?
| Letters | 6: E-N-R-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,838th 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 enrage?
Enrage appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th 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 enrage?
- /ɪnˈɹeɪd͡ʒ/
Enrage has 2 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)-Vealhurl-enrage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of enrage
- enrages present, singular, he/she/it
- enraging participle, present
- enraged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does enrage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To become angry or wild.
- 2
To fill with rage; to outrage; to provoke to frenzy; to make furious.
- 3
obsoleteTo provoke to madness, to make insane.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Enrage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to fill with rage:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | enrager, mettre en rage, rendre furieux |
| German | aufregen, erzürnen, in Rage versetzen, in Wut versetzen, wütend machen |
| Portuguese | enfurecer, enjoar |
| Spanish | enfurecer, ensañar, sublevar, encolerizar, encorajinar, enconar |
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 enrage come from?
From Old French enrager, enragier, from rage. Equivalent to en- + rage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).