Africanization
noun
Africanization is spelled A-F-R-I-C-A-N-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Africanization means “The act or process of Africanizing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Africanization is Africanizations.
How many letters and syllables are in Africanization?
| Letters | 14: A-F-R-I-C-A-N-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 62 million words; the 246,401st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is Africanization?
Africanization appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st 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).
Forms of Africanization
- Africanizations plural
- Africanisation
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Africanization mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or process of Africanizing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Africanization in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the act or process of Africanizing:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | africanisation |
| German | Afrikanisierung |
| Portuguese | africanização |
| Spanish | africanización |
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 Africanization come from?
From African + -ization or Africanize + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).