erasure
e·ra·sure/ɪˈɹeɪʃɚ/noun
erasure is spelled E-R-A-S-U-R-E: 7 letters and 3 syllables (e·ra·sure). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, erasure means “The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of erasure is erasures.
How many letters and syllables are in erasure?
| Letters | 7: E-R-A-S-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: e·ra·sure |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,974th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is erasure?
Erasure appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th 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 erasure?
- US /ɪˈɹeɪʃɚ/
- UK /ɪˈɹeɪʒə/
- UK /ɪˈɹeɪʒʊə/
Erasure has 3 syllables, split e·ra·sure in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-erasure.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-erasure.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with erasure?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as erasure from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of erasure
- erasures plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does erasure mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
- 2
The state of having been erased; total blankness.
- 3
The place where something has been erased.
There were several erasures on the paper.
- 4
A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society.
bisexual erasure
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Erasure in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense action of erasing:
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 erasure come from?
Pseudo-Latinism, derived from ērādō (“to erase”) + -tūra (“abstract noun suffix”), equivalent to erase + -ure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).