demilitarization
"demilitarization" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“demilitarization” is uncommon English (frequency #82,219 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,219
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of demilitarisation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-demilitarization · demilitarization · English
demilitarization · rank #82,219 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,219
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH deist
Nearest frequency peer: deist (-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 “demilitarization”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- deadhead
deadhead
17,785 corpus weight
- deforest
deforest
17,784 corpus weight
- deist
deist
17,783 corpus weight
- demilitariz…
demilitarization
17,782 corpus weight
- depersonali…
depersonalization
17,780 corpus weight
- dest
dest
17,779 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “demilitarization” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | demilitarization |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #82,219 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “demilitarization” in English
Rare enough to double-check
demilitarization is uncommon English at frequency #82,219 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of demilitarisation.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for demilitarization, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From de- + militarization. The correct English form is demilitarization, spelled D-E-M-I-L-I-T-A-R-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of demilitarisation.
Etymology
From de- + militarization.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).