extirpation
noun
extirpation is spelled E-X-T-I-R-P-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, extirpation means “The act of extirpating or uprooting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of extirpation is extirpations.
How many letters and syllables are in extirpation?
| Letters | 11: E-X-T-I-R-P-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 extirpation?
Extirpation appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th 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 extirpation?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-extirpation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of extirpation
- extirpations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does extirpation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of extirpating or uprooting.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Extirpation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the act of extirpating:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Ausrottung |
| Portuguese | extirpação |
| Spanish | extirpación |
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 extirpation come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin exstirpātiō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).