English homophones

globalisation/globalization

"globalization" (#15,822 written frequency) beats "globalisation" (#30,812) in this 2-word /ˌɡləʊ.bə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.

Data vintage

Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /ˌɡləʊ.bə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "globalization" leads at #15,822, with "globalisation" trailing at #30,812.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Shared stem "globali" then splits - "globalisation" (13 letters) vs "globalization" (13).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across globalisation, globalization: abgilnot. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

  • globalisation

    13 letters · 6 vowels · shape CCVCVCVCVCVVC

    Inventory abgilnost · private s

  • globalization

    13 letters · 6 vowels · shape CCVCVCVCVCVVC

    Inventory abgilnotz · private z

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "globalisation" when you mean: The process of becoming a more interconnected world.
  • Write "globalization" when you mean: American and Oxford British English standard spelling of globalisation.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

  • globalisationgglobalisation · glboalisation · gllobalisation · gloablisation · globailsation · globaliastion
  • globalizationgglobalization · glboalization · gllobalization · gloablization · globailzation · globaliaztion

Each spelling

globalisation

noun · /ˌɡləʊ.bə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ · #30,812 frequency

The process of becoming a more interconnected world.

globalization

noun · /ˌɡləʊ.bə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ · #15,822 frequency

American and Oxford British English standard spelling of globalisation.

Nearby English homophone groups

What to do next

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  • "globalization" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #15,822 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: guarantee · guaranty. Nearby cluster
  • Each spelling in "globalisation, globalization" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list