evert
/iˈvɝt/verb
evert is spelled E-V-E-R-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, evert means “To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in evert?
| Letters | 5: E-V-E-R-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 50,539th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 evert?
Evert appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th 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 evert?
- UK /ɪˈvɜːt/
- US /iˈvɝt/
- US /ə-/
Evert 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: En-uk-evert.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with evert?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as evert from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹt/):
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 evert
- everts present, singular, he/she/it
- everting participle, present
- everted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does evert mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
- 2
obsoleteTo move (someone or something) out of the way.
- 3
obsoleteTo turn upside down; to overturn.
- 4
obsoleteTo disrupt; to overthrow.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Evert in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to turn inside out:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | retourner |
| Spanish | evertir |
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 evert come from?
From Late Latin ēvertere (“to turn (an item of clothing) inside out”), Latin ēvertere, present active infinitive of ēvertō (“to turn upside down; to overturn; to reverse”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’)) + vertō (“to reverse; to revolve, turn; to turn around”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate, turn”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).