alphabetize
verb
alphabetize is spelled A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T-I-Z-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, alphabetize means “To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in alphabetize?
| Letters | 11: A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T-I-Z-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 145,125th 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 alphabetize?
Alphabetize appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th 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 alphabetize?
Alphabetize has 4 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-alphabetize.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of alphabetize
- alphabetizes present, singular, he/she/it
- alphabetizing participle, present
- alphabetized participle, past
- alphabetise
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does alphabetize mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
CanadaUSTo arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet.
It was almost impossible to locate specific books in the library until we had alphabetized them by the authors' surnames.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Alphabetize in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to arrange alphabetically:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | alphabetisieren, alphabetisch sortieren |
| Portuguese | alfabetar, ordenar alfabeticamente, pôr em ordem alfabética, colocar em ordem alfabética |
| Spanish | alfabetizar, ordenar alfabeticamente, poner en orden alfabético |
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.