eviction
/ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/noun
eviction is spelled E-V-I-C-T-I-O-N: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, eviction means “The act of evicting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of eviction is evictions.
How many letters and syllables are in eviction?
| Letters | 8: E-V-I-C-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is eviction?
Eviction appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th 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 eviction?
- /ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/
Eviction has 3 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-eviction.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of eviction
- evictions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does eviction mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of evicting.
order of eviction
- 2
The state of being evicted.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Eviction in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the act of evicting:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | expulsion, éviction |
| German | Ausweisung, Exmission, Vertreibung, Zwangsräumung |
| Portuguese | despejo |
| Spanish | desalojo, desahucio |
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 eviction come from?
Borrowed from Middle French éviction, from Late Latin ēvictiō, from Latin ēvincō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).