colonisation

Name: colonisation, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“colonisation” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,622. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,622
frequency rank, English: 5,599
“C” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of colonization.

Corpus desk

Index EN-colonisation · colonisation · English

colonisation · rank #40,622 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #40,622
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 18 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,599
PHOTO-FINISH CoC

Nearest frequency peer: CoC (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

coastguard

59,383
coasting

59,382
cobble

59,381
CoC

59,380
colonisation

59,379
Copernicus

59,372

What this shows “colonisation” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

colonisation vs colonization

92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for colonisation
Property	Value
Headword	colonisation
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#40,622
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “colonisation”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).colonisationlands here:

#40,622

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “CoC” (#40,621), “cobble” (#40,620), “coasting” (#40,619). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “colonisation” is #40,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around colonisation, anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,622 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative spelling of colonization.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for colonisation, with forms such as "ccolonisation", "cloonisation", and "collonisation". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "colonization", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is colonisation, spelled C-O-L-O-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

1
Alternative spelling of colonization.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how colonisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Colonisation began towards the end of 1826, when a British settlement was founded at Albany, on the southern coast, and in the next year the whole territory (then known as New Holland) became a possession of the British Crown.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccolonisation
cloonisation
collonisation
colnoisation
coloinsation
coloniastion
colonisaiton
colonisasion
colonisatino
colonisationn
colonisatoin
colonisattion
colonissation
colonistaion
colonnisation
colonsiation
coolnisation
oclonisation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of colonisation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "colonisation"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "colonisation"?

"colonisation" is spelled C-O-L-O-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.

What does "colonisation" mean?

As a noun, "colonisation" means: Alternative spelling of colonization.

What words are commonly confused with "colonisation"?

"colonisation" is commonly confused with "colonization". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What language does "colonisation" come from?

"colonisation" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "colonisation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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