amortize
/ˈæmɚtaɪz/verb
amortize is spelled A-M-O-R-T-I-Z-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, amortize means “To alienate (property) in mortmain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in amortize?
| Letters | 8: A-M-O-R-T-I-Z-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 118,441st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is amortize?
Amortize appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st 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 amortize?
- UK /əˈmɔːtaɪz/
- US /ˈæmɚtaɪz/
- US /əˈmɔɹtaɪz/
Amortize has 3 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-amortize.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-NaomiAmethyst-amortise.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with amortize?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as amortize (/æməɹtaɪz/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: atomizer.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of amortize
- amortizes present, singular, he/she/it
- amortizing participle, present
- amortized participle, past
- amortise UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does amortize mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To alienate (property) in mortmain.
- 2
To wipe out (a debt, liability etc.) gradually or in installments.
- 3
To make a large cost or other quantity more manageable by dividing it into smaller parts (such as over a long time or across many transactions).
- 4
To even out the costs of running an algorithm over many iterations, so that high-cost iterations are much less frequent than low-cost iterations, which lowers the average running time.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Amortize in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense decrease (debt) in installments:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | amortisieren |
| Portuguese | amortizar |
| Spanish | amortizar |
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 amortize come from?
From Middle English amortisen, from Old French amortir (via the stem amortiss-), from Vulgar Latin *admortīre, derived from Latin mortuus (“dead”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).