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evisceration

noun

evisceration is spelled E-V-I-S-C-E-R-A-T-I-O-N: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, evisceration means “A disemboweling; the removal of viscera” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of evisceration is eviscerations.

How many letters and syllables are in evisceration?

Letters12: E-V-I-S-C-E-R-A-T-I-O-N
In writingabout once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is evisceration?

Evisceration appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd 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).

Forms of evisceration

  • eviscerations plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does evisceration mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.

    The evisceration of the animal was accomplished with a single blow of the knife.

  2. 2

    A vigorous verbal or physical assault.

    The critic delivered another evisceration of the latest movie.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Evisceration in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchôter les tripes, étriper, éviscération (A disemboweling), démolir verballement, éreinter quelque chose (A vigorous verbal assault)
GermanAusweiden (A disemboweling), Verriss (A vigorous verbal assault)

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.

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