dehumanize
/diːˈhjuːmənaɪz/
"dehumanize" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dehumanize” is uncommon English (frequency #79,440 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,440
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes; to impersonalize.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dehumanize · dehumanize · English
dehumanize · rank #79,440 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,440
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dejection
Nearest frequency peer: dejection (+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 “dehumanize”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Davila
Davila
20,566 corpus weight
- deeps
deeps
20,564 corpus weight
- deez
deez
20,563 corpus weight
- dehumanize
dehumanize
20,561 corpus weight
- dejection
dejection
20,560 corpus weight
- delt
delt
20,558 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dehumanize” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dehumanize |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /diːˈhjuːmənaɪz/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,440 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dehumanize” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dehumanize is uncommon English at frequency #79,440 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /diːˈhjuːmənaɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes; to impersonalize.".
dehumanize doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From de- + humanize. The correct English form is dehumanize, spelled D-E-H-U-M-A-N-I-Z-E.
Definition
- 1To take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes; to impersonalize.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dehumanize appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In its consistently logical form Quietism makes communion between man and God an impossibility by annulling the distinction between them, ultimately reducing God to a vague and empty abstraction, and dehumanizing man.
Yet we are dismayed by the failures and forces that dehumanize and defeat the finest dreams and plans of this generation.
Etymology
From de- + humanize.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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