decriminalisation
"decriminalisation" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“decriminalisation” is uncommon English (frequency #87,195 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,195
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decriminalization.
Corpus desk
Index EN-decriminalisation · decriminalisation · English
decriminalisation · rank #87,195 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,195
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH decarboxylase
Nearest frequency peer: decarboxylase (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “decriminalisation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- deathcore
deathcore
12,810 corpus weight
- deathtrap
deathtrap
12,809 corpus weight
- decarboxyla…
decarboxylase
12,807 corpus weight
- decriminali…
decriminalisation
12,806 corpus weight
- defilement
defilement
12,805 corpus weight
- Delly
Delly
12,803 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “decriminalisation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | decriminalisation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #87,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “decriminalisation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
decriminalisation is uncommon English at frequency #87,195 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decriminalization.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for decriminalisation, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From de- + criminalisation. The correct English form is decriminalisation, spelled D-E-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decriminalization.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how decriminalisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In February, Gaughan and a delegation of other government and health officials from the ACT travelled to Vancouver, San Francisco and Portland to see how decriminalisation worked in these jurisdictions.
Etymology
From de- + criminalisation.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 17 letters (nearest by frequency rank).