anthropomorphization
/ˌænθɹɒpəˌmɔːɹfəˈzeɪʃən/noun
anthropomorphization is spelled A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-M-O-R-P-H-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N. The wrong spelling people search most is anthromorphization: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Anthropomorphization is a noun meaning “endowing with human qualities”. The plural of anthropomorphization is anthropomorphizations.
How many letters and syllables are in anthropomorphization?
| Letters | 20: A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-M-O-R-P-H-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, anthromorphization, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell anthropomorphization?
Anthropomorphization is spelled A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-M-O-R-P-H-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for anthropomorphization in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is anthropomorphization?
Anthropomorphization appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd 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 anthropomorphization?
- /ˌænθɹɒpəˌmɔːɹfəˈzeɪʃən/
- /-faɪˈzeɪʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of anthropomorphization
- anthropomorphizations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anthropomorphization mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
endowing with human qualities.
- 2
ascribing human characteristics and behaviors to nonhuman entities.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anthropomorphization in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense attribution of human qualities:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Vermenschlichung, Anthropomorphisierung |
| Portuguese | antropomorfização |
| Spanish | antropomorfización |
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.