eviscerate
/ɪˈvɪsəˌɹeɪt/verb
eviscerate is spelled E-V-I-S-C-E-R-A-T-E: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, eviscerate means “To disembowel; to remove the viscera” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in eviscerate?
| Letters | 10: E-V-I-S-C-E-R-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,980th 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 eviscerate?
Eviscerate appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th 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 eviscerate?
- /ɪˈvɪsəˌɹeɪt/
Eviscerate has 4 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-au-eviscerate.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of eviscerate
- eviscerates present, singular, he/she/it
- eviscerating participle, present
- eviscerated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does eviscerate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To disembowel; to remove the viscera.
- 2
To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless.
- 3
To elicit the essence of.
- 4
To remove a bodily organ or its contents.
- 5
To protrude through a surgical incision.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Eviscerate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to make ineffectual or meaningless:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | entkräften, schwächen, bedeutungslos machen, aushöhlen, unterlaufen, unterminieren |
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.