digitization
noun
digitization is spelled D-I-G-I-T-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, digitization means “The conversion of data or information from analog to digital or binary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of digitization is digitizations.
How many letters and syllables are in digitization?
| Letters | 12: D-I-G-I-T-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,738th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is digitization?
Digitization appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce digitization?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-digitization.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of digitization
- digitizations plural
- digitisation
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does digitization mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The conversion of data or information from analog to digital or binary.
- 2
Hence, the transformation of a process or system from mainly analogue form to digital form
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Digitization in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense conversion of data to digital:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | numérisation |
| German | Digitalisierung |
| Portuguese | digitalização |
| Spanish | digitalización |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does digitization come from?
From digitize + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).