# colonization

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #18,045

## Definitions
1. The process of establishing a colony.
2. The process of colonizing or taking over.

## Etymology
From colonize + -ation.

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

## Common misspellings (18)
`ccolonization`, `cloonization`, `collonization`, `colnoization`, `coloinzation`, `coloniaztion`, `colonizaiton`, `colonizasion`, `colonizatino`, `colonizationn`, `colonizatoin`, `colonizattion`, `coloniztaion`, `colonizzation`, `colonnization`, `colonziation`, `coolnization`, `oclonization`

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