channelize
verb
channelize is a verb meaning “To form a channel, especially by deepening or altering the course of a river” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-A-N-N-E-L-I-Z-E, and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does channelize mean?
verb
- 1
To form a channel, especially by deepening or altering the course of a river.
- 2
To transmit through a channel.
- 3
To multiplex (messages) through a single line.
- 4
rareTo direct into a specific course or pathway; to channel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of channelize
- channelizes present, singular, he/she/it
- channelizing participle, present
- channelized participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is channelize?
Channelize appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th 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).
Channelize in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense To form a channel:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | kanalisieren |
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 channelize come from?
From channel + -ize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).