obliteration
noun
obliteration is spelled O-B-L-I-T-E-R-A-T-I-O-N: 12 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, obliteration means “The total destruction of something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of obliteration is obliterations.
How many letters and syllables are in obliteration?
| Letters | 12: O-B-L-I-T-E-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 61,481st 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 obliteration?
Obliteration appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st 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 obliteration?
Obliteration 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-StuckInLagToad-obliteration.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of obliteration
- obliterations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does obliteration mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The total destruction of something.
- 2
The concealing or covering of something.
- 3
The cancellation, erasure or deletion of something.
- 4
The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the occlusion of the lumen of a duct, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel, be it solely functional (as when squeezed by nearby mass effect or inflammation) or both structural and functional (as when clogged with thrombus, embolus, or fibrosis).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Obliteration in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Zerstörung , Vernichtung, Auslöschung , Obliteration, Verödung, Verschluss |
| Portuguese | obliteração |
| Spanish | obliteración |
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 obliteration come from?
From obliterate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).