fracture
frac·ture/ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃɚ/noun, verb
fracture is spelled F-R-A-C-T-U-R-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables (frac·ture). It appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fracture means “An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fracture is fractures.
How many letters and syllables are in fracture?
| Letters | 8: F-R-A-C-T-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: frac·ture |
| In writing | 5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is fracture?
Fracture appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th 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 fracture?
- UK /ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃʰəː/
- UK [ˈfɹʷæk.t͡ʃʰəː]
- US /ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃɚ/
Fracture has 2 syllables, split frac·ture in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-fracture.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fracture?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fracture from its last stressed vowel (/æktʃəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of fracture
- fractures plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- fracturing participle, present
- fractured participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fracture mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
- 2
A break in bone or cartilage.
- 3
A fault or crack in a rock.
verb
- 1
To break, or cause something to break.
- 2
slangTo amuse (a person) greatly; to split someone's sides.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate fracture?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of fracture: Fx.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fracture in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fracture , fracturer |
| German | Knochenbruch, Bruch, Fraktur , brechen , Verwerfung |
| Portuguese | fratura , fraturar , falha |
| Spanish | fractura , fracturar |
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 fracture come from?
From Middle English fracture, from Old French fracture, from Latin frāctūra (“a breach, fracture, cleft”), from frangere (“to break”), past participle frāctus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-, whence also English break. See fraction. Doublet of fraktur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).