English homophones
civilisation/civilization
"civilization" (#6,998 written frequency) beats "civilisation" (#17,793) in this 2-word /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "civilization" leads at #6,998, with "civilisation" trailing at #17,793.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "civili" then splits - "civilisation" (12 letters) vs "civilization" (12).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across civilisation, civilization: acilnotv. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
civilisation
12 letters · 6 vowels · shape CVCVCVCVCVVC
Inventory acilnostv · private s
civilization
12 letters · 6 vowels · shape CVCVCVCVCVVC
Inventory acilnotvz · private z
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "civilisation" when you mean: UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Commonwealth spelling of civilization.
- Write "civilization" when you mean: An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, o…
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- civilisation ← ccivilisation · ciivlisation · civiilsation · civiliastion · civilisaiton · civilisasion
- civilization ← ccivilization · ciivlization · civiilzation · civiliaztion · civilizaiton · civilizasion
Each spelling
noun · /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ · #17,793 frequency
UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Commonwealth spelling of civilization.
noun · /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ · #6,998 frequency
An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
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- "civilization" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #6,998 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: crock · croc. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "civilisation, civilization" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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