eradicate
e·rad·i·cate/əˈræd.əˌkeɪt/verb
eradicate is spelled E-R-A-D-I-C-A-T-E: 9 letters and 4 syllables (e·rad·i·cate). It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, eradicate means “To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in eradicate?
| Letters | 9: E-R-A-D-I-C-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: e·rad·i·cate |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 19,825th 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 eradicate?
Eradicate appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th 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 eradicate?
- /ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/
- US /əˈræd.əˌkeɪt/
- US /iˈræd.əˌkeɪt/
Eradicate has 4 syllables, split e·rad·i·cate in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-eradicate.ogg, En-au-eradicate.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of eradicate
- eradicates present, singular, he/she/it
- eradicating participle, present
- eradicated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does eradicate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
archaicTo pull up by the roots.
- 2
To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
Near-synonyms: delete, erase
- 3
obsoleteeradicated
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Eradicate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | déraciner , éradiquer |
| German | mit der Wurzel ausreißen , ausrotten, ausmerzen, auslöschen, vernichten |
| Portuguese | erradicar, desenraizar , exterminar |
| Spanish | erradicar, descuajar |
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 eradicate come from?
From Middle English eradicaten (“to eradicate”), from eradicat(e) (“eradicated”, past participle of eradicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin ērādīcātus, the perfect passive participle of ērādīcō (“to uproot, root out; to anihilate, eradicate”), from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also radish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).