colonise
/ˈkɑlənaɪz/verb
colonise is spelled C-O-L-O-N-I-S-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, colonise means “Non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in colonise?
| Letters | 8: C-O-L-O-N-I-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,055th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is colonise?
Colonise appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th 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 colonise?
- UK /ˈkɒlənaɪz/
- British /ˈkɔlənɑjz/
- US /ˈkɑlənaɪz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-colonise.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with colonise?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as colonise from its last stressed vowel (/ɑlənaɪz/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: eclosion.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of colonise
- colonises present, singular, he/she/it
- colonising participle, present
- colonised participle, past
- colonize
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does colonise mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
Non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).