suppress
sup·press/səˈpɹɛs/verb
suppress is spelled S-U-P-P-R-E-S-S, 2 syllables: sup·press. The wrong spelling people search most is supress: about 530 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 3 in 10 of all searches for the word. Suppress is a verb meaning “To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue”.
How many letters and syllables are in suppress?
| Letters | 8: S-U-P-P-R-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sup·press |
| In writing | 4.6 times per million words; the 11,870th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, supress, about 530 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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); 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell suppress?
Suppress is spelled S-U-P-P-R-E-S-S. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 4 in 10 of the searches for suppress 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 suppress?
Suppress appears 4.6 times per million words in written English, the 11,870th 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 suppress?
- US /səˈpɹɛs/
- Australia /səˈpɹes/
Suppress has 2 syllables, split sup·press in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-suppress.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-suppress.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with suppress?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as suppress from its last stressed vowel (/ɛs/):
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 suppress
- suppresses present, singular, he/she/it
- suppressing participle, present
- suppressed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does suppress mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
Political dissent was brutally suppressed.
- 2
To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
I struggled to suppress my smile.
- 3
To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.
- 4
To prevent publication.
The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.
- 5
To stop a flow or stream.
The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole.
- 6
USTo forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
- 7
To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
- 8
To stop or prevent the enemy from executing unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Suppress in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | unterdrücken |
| Portuguese | suprimir , abafar |
| Spanish | suprimir |
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 suppress come from?
From Latin suppressus, perfect passive participle of supprimō (“press down or under”), from sub (“under”) + premō (“press”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).