desacralize
"desacralize" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“desacralize” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To remove the sacredness of.
Corpus desk
Index EN-desacralize · desacralize · English
desacralize · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desacralize |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “desacralize” in English
Rare enough to double-check
desacralize is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To remove the sacredness of.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for desacralize, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From de- + sacralize. The correct English form is desacralize, spelled D-E-S-A-C-R-A-L-I-Z-E.
Definition
- 1To remove the sacredness of.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how desacralize appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If whiteness bespoke purity and godliness, then poor white trash implied an ungodly, desacralized, polluted whiteness.
Still, certain programmatic commitments [of avant-garde art] can be identified: championing the volatile eventness of corporeal performances, […] consciously embracing the desacralizing and subversive, and disrupting conventional norms by placing the strange and unexpected in otherwise banal places.
Etymology
From de- + sacralize.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.