demobilization
/diːˌməʊbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
"demobilization" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“demobilization” is uncommon English (frequency #65,824 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,824
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing; the act of demobilizing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-demobilization · demobilization · English
demobilization · rank #65,824 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,824
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH desu
Nearest frequency peer: desu (+1 rank slots)
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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 “demobilization”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- declaratory
declaratory
34,181 corpus weight
- declension
declension
34,180 corpus weight
- dehumidifier
dehumidifier
34,179 corpus weight
- demobilizat…
demobilization
34,177 corpus weight
- desu
desu
34,176 corpus weight
- devaluing
devaluing
34,174 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “demobilization” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | demobilization |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /diːˌməʊbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #65,824 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “demobilization” in English
Rare enough to double-check
demobilization is uncommon English at frequency #65,824 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /diːˌməʊbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing; the act of demobilizing.".
Zero misspellings are on record for demobilization in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From de- + mobilization or demobilize + -ation. The correct English form is demobilization, spelled D-E-M-O-B-I-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing; the act of demobilizing.
Etymology
From de- + mobilization or demobilize + -ation.
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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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