evict
af·e·vict/iˈvɪkt/verb
evict is spelled E-V-I-C-T: 5 letters and 3 syllables (af·e·vict). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, evict means “To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in evict?
| Letters | 5: E-V-I-C-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: af·e·vict |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,017th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 evict?
Evict appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th 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 evict?
- UK /ɨˈvɪkt/
- US /iˈvɪkt/
- US /ɪˈvɪkt/
Evict has 3 syllables, split af·e·vict in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-evict.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with evict?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as evict from its last stressed vowel (/ɪkt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: civet.
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 evict
- evicts present, singular, he/she/it
- evicting participle, present
- evicted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does evict mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
evict a tenant
- 2
To eject from a memory cache to reduce the cache's size.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Evict in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to expel:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | évincer |
| German | vertreiben, verweisen, ausweisen, exmittieren |
| Portuguese | despejar, desalojar |
| Spanish | desahuciar, desalojar, eviccionar, evictar |
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 evict come from?
From Middle English evicten, evycten, borrowed from Latin ēvictus, past participle of ēvincō (“to vanquish completely”). Doublet of evince.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).