hospitalisation

noun

"hospitalisation" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“hospitalisation” is uncommon English (frequency #73,273 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,273
frequency rank, English
2,646
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of hospitalization.

Corpus desk

Index EN-hospitalisation · hospitalisation · English

hospitalisation · rank #73,273 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,273
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,646
  • PHOTO-FINISH homogenization

Nearest frequency peer: homogenization (-2 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 “hospitalisation”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “hospitalisation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hospitalisation
PropertyValue
Headwordhospitalisation
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Frequency rank#73,273
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “hospitalisation” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).hospitalisationfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “homogenization” (#73,271), “homed” (#73,270), “hotch” (#73,276). Among 2,646 “H” headwords, “hospitalisation” is #73,273. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hospitalisation is uncommon English at frequency #73,273 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of hospitalization.".

Zero misspellings are on record for hospitalisation in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is hospitalisation, spelled H-O-S-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of hospitalization.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how hospitalisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "I'm encouraged by recent reductions in the national 'R' rate and a drop in COVID-related hospitalisations.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hospitalisation"?
"hospitalisation" is spelled H-O-S-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "hospitalisation" mean?
As a noun, "hospitalisation" means: Alternative spelling of hospitalization.
What language does "hospitalisation" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hospitalisation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list