# civilization

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #6,998

## Definitions
1. An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.
2. Human society, particularly civil society.
3. The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.
4. The state or quality of being civilized.
5. The act of rendering a criminal process civil.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilize + -ation or civil + -ization.

## Easily confused with
- **civilisation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/civilisation-vs-civilization)

## Common misspellings (18)
`ccivilization`, `ciivlization`, `civiilzation`, `civiliaztion`, `civilizaiton`, `civilizasion`, `civilizatino`, `civilizationn`, `civilizatoin`, `civilizattion`, `civiliztaion`, `civilizzation`, `civillization`, `civilziation`, `civliization`, `civvilization`, `cviilization`, `icvilization`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/civilization