humification
noun
humification is a noun meaning “The process of humifying; conversion into humus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-U-M-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 95 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of humification is humifications.
What does humification mean?
noun
- 1
The process of humifying; conversion into humus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of humification
- humifications plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is humification?
Humification appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th 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).
Humification in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the process of converting into humus:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | humification |
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 humification come from?
Borrowed from New Latin hūmificatiō. By surface analysis, humus + -ification, following humify.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).