wreckage
/ˈɹɛkɪdʒ/noun
wreckage is spelled W-R-E-C-K-A-G-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wreckage means “Something wrecked, especially the remains or debris of something which has been severely damaged or destroyed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wreckage is wreckages.
How many letters and syllables are in wreckage?
| Letters | 8: W-R-E-C-K-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 19,825th 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 wreckage?
Wreckage appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th 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 wreckage?
- /ˈɹɛkɪdʒ/
Wreckage has 2 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-wreckage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of wreckage
- wreckages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wreckage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something wrecked, especially the remains or debris of something which has been severely damaged or destroyed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wreckage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense something wrecked:
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 wreckage come from?
From wreck + -age.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).