digitize
/ˈdɪd͡ʒɪˌtaɪz/verb
digitize is spelled D-I-G-I-T-I-Z-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, digitize means “To represent something (such as an image or sound) as a structured sequence of binary digits” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in digitize?
| Letters | 8: D-I-G-I-T-I-Z-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 68,248th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is digitize?
Digitize appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th 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 digitize?
- UK /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtaɪz/
- US /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪˌtaɪz/
- Australia /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtɑez/
Digitize has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-digitize.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of digitize
- digitizes present, singular, he/she/it
- digitizing participle, present
- digitized participle, past
- digitise
- digitilize
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does digitize mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To represent something (such as an image or sound) as a structured sequence of binary digits.
- 2
To quantize a continuous or analog value; to convert it into a discrete value.
- 3
obsoleteTo finger.
to digitize a pen
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Digitize in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense represent something as a sequence of binary digits:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | numériser, digitaliser |
| German | digitalisieren |
| Portuguese | digitalizar |
| Spanish | digitalizar, digitizar |
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 digitize come from?
From digit + -ize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).