electrify
/ɪˈlɛktɹɪfaɪ/
"electrify" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“electrify” is uncommon English (frequency #62,120 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,120
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To supply electricity to; to charge with electricity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-electrify · electrify · English
electrify · rank #62,120 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,120
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Eleazar
Nearest frequency peer: Eleazar (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “electrify”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Effingham
Effingham
37,886 corpus weight
- Eggleston
Eggleston
37,885 corpus weight
- Eisenstein
Eisenstein
37,883 corpus weight
- Eleazar
Eleazar
37,882 corpus weight
- electrify
electrify
37,881 corpus weight
- ephedrine
ephedrine
37,879 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “electrify” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | electrify |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪˈlɛktɹɪfaɪ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,120 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “electrify” in English
Rare enough to double-check
electrify is uncommon English at frequency #62,120 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɪˈlɛktɹɪfaɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for electrify, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From electric + -fy. The correct English form is electrify, spelled E-L-E-C-T-R-I-F-Y.
Definition
- 1To supply electricity to; to charge with electricity.
- 2To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to.
- 3To adapt (a home, farm, village, city, industry, vehicle, railroad) for electric power.
- 4To strongly excite, especially by something delightful or inspiring; to thrill.
- 5To make electric.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how electrify appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
to electrify a cable
Those most rural routes will not get overhead wires. As Reeve told the seminar: "Even in my wildest dreams, I can't see a business case for electrifying the Far North Line."
Etymology
From electric + -fy.
This word in other languages
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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