dollarization
/dɑləɹɪˈzeɪ̯ʃɪn/noun
dollarization is spelled D-O-L-L-A-R-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dollarization means “The process of a country, officially, or its residents, unofficially, adopting the US dollar or other foreign currency in parallel to or instead of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dollarization?
| Letters | 13: D-O-L-L-A-R-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 159,707th 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 dollarization?
Dollarization appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th 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 dollarization?
- /dɑləɹɪˈzeɪ̯ʃɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dollarization.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dollarization
- dollarisation
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dollarization mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process of a country, officially, or its residents, unofficially, adopting the US dollar or other foreign currency in parallel to or instead of the domestic currency.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dollarization in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the process of a country adopting the US dollar as its primary currency:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dollarisation |
| German | Dollarisierung |
| Portuguese | dolarização |
| Spanish | dolarización |
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.