anglicize
verb
anglicize is spelled A-N-G-L-I-C-I-Z-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, anglicize means “American and Oxford British English standard spelling of anglicise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in anglicize?
| Letters | 9: A-N-G-L-I-C-I-Z-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 71 million words; the 265,644th 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 anglicize?
Anglicize appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th 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 anglicize?
Anglicize 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-anglicize.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of anglicize
- anglicizes present, singular, he/she/it
- anglicizing participle, present
- anglicized participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anglicize mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
American and Oxford British English standard spelling of anglicise.
verb
- 1
American and Oxford British spelling of anglicise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does anglicize come from?
From Latin Anglic(us) + -ize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).