incinerator
noun
incinerator is spelled I-N-C-I-N-E-R-A-T-O-R: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, incinerator means “A furnace that burns refuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of incinerator is incinerators.
How many letters and syllables are in incinerator?
| Letters | 11: I-N-C-I-N-E-R-A-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd 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 incinerator?
Incinerator appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd 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 incinerator?
Incinerator has 5 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).
Forms of incinerator
- incinerators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does incinerator mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A furnace that burns refuse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Incinerator in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense furnace that burns refuse:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | incinérateur |
| German | Verbrennungsanlage |
| Portuguese | incinerador |
| Spanish | incineradora |
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 incinerator come from?
From incinerate + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).