# eradication

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #24,739

## Definitions
1. The act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting or rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
2. The state of being plucked up by the roots.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātiō, from ērādīcō + -tiō, from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō. Equivalent to eradicate + -ion or e- (“without”) + radication.

## Common misspellings (16)
`eardication`, `eradciation`, `eraddication`, `eradiaction`, `eradicaiton`, `eradicasion`, `eradicatino`, `eradicationn`, `eradicatoin`, `eradicattion`, `eradiccation`, `eradictaion`, `eraidcation`, `erdaication`, `erradication`, `readication`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/eradication