deionized

adj

"deionized" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“deionized” is uncommon English (frequency #99,167 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,167
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That has been prepared by deionization.

Corpus desk

Index EN-deionized · deionized · English

deionized · rank #99,167 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,167
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH debar

Nearest frequency peer: debar (-4 rank slots)

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Long-tail ranks near “deionized”

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corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “deionized” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for deionized
PropertyValue
Headworddeionized
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#99,167
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “deionized” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).deionizedfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “debar” (#99,163), “dentro” (#99,172), “Daoism” (#99,159). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “deionized” is #99,167. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

deionized is uncommon English at frequency #99,167 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "That has been prepared by deionization.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for deionized, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From de- + ionized. The correct English form is deionized, spelled D-E-I-O-N-I-Z-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    That has been prepared by deionization.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. He could taste the familiar tang of museum air—an arid, deionized essence that carried a faint hint of carbon—the product of industrial, coal-filter dehumidifiers that ran around the clock to counteract the corrosive carbon dioxide exhaled by visitors.
  2. Cement pastes, with a water-to-cement ratio of 0.5, were prepared by (i) adding ordinary Portland cement (CEM I) to deionized water (control samples) or (ii) mixing CEM I with a lyophilized bacterial agent and then putting those dry ingredients into deionized water (bacteria samples).

Etymology

From de- + ionized.

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 "deionized"?
"deionized" is spelled D-E-I-O-N-I-Z-E-D.
What does "deionized" mean?
As an adjective, "deionized" means: That has been prepared by deionization.
What is the origin of the word "deionized"?
From de- + ionized. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list