immortalise
/ɪˈmɔː(ɹ).təˌlaɪz/verb
immortalise is spelled I-M-M-O-R-T-A-L-I-S-E: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, immortalise means “To give unending life to, to make immortal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in immortalise?
| Letters | 11: I-M-M-O-R-T-A-L-I-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 29 million words; the 163,711th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is immortalise?
Immortalise appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th 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 immortalise?
- /ɪˈmɔː(ɹ).təˌlaɪz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-immortalise.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with immortalise?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as immortalise.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: memorialist.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of immortalise
- immortalises present, singular, he/she/it
- immortalising participle, present
- immortalised participle, past
- immortalize US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does immortalise mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To give unending life to, to make immortal.
- 2
To make eternally famous.
His heroic deeds were immortalised in song and tale.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Immortalise in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to give unending life to:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | immortaliser |
| Portuguese | imortalizar |
| Spanish | inmortalizar |
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 immortalise come from?
From immortal + -ise. Perhaps modelled on Middle French immortaliser.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).