vaporize
verb
vaporize is spelled V-A-P-O-R-I-Z-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, vaporize means “To turn into vapor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in vaporize?
| Letters | 8: V-A-P-O-R-I-Z-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,808th 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 vaporize?
Vaporize appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th 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 vaporize?
Vaporize has 3 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)-Vealhurl-vaporize.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vaporize
- vaporizes present, singular, he/she/it
- vaporizing participle, present
- vaporized participle, past
- vaporise
- vapourize
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vaporize mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
USTo turn into vapor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vaporize in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense turn into vapour:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vaporiser |
| German | verdampfen |
| Portuguese | vaporizar |
| Spanish | vaporizarse, vaporizar |
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 vaporize come from?
From vapor + -ize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).