extradite
ex·tra·dite/ˈɛk.stɹəˌdaɪt/verb
extradite is spelled E-X-T-R-A-D-I-T-E, 3 syllables: ex·tra·dite. The wrong spelling people search most is extradict: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 30 of all searches for the word. Extradite is a verb meaning “To remove a person from one state to another by legal process”.
How many letters and syllables are in extradite?
| Letters | 9: E-X-T-R-A-D-I-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ex·tra·dite |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,633rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, extradict, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell extradite?
Extradite is spelled E-X-T-R-A-D-I-T-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 30 of the searches for extradite in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is extradite?
Extradite appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd 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 extradite?
- US /ˈɛk.stɹəˌdaɪt/
- Australia /ˈek.stɹəˌdɑet/
- /ˈek.stɹəˌdaɪt/
Extradite has 3 syllables, split ex·tra·dite in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-extradite.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of extradite
- extradites present, singular, he/she/it
- extraditing participle, present
- extradited participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does extradite mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To remove a person from one state to another by legal process.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Extradite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | extrader |
| German | ausliefern |
| Portuguese | extraditar |
| Spanish | extraditar |
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 extradite come from?
Back-formation from extradition.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).