# immunization

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #28,588

## Definitions
1. The process by which a person is safely exposed in a controlled manner to a material that is designed to prime their immune system against that material.
2. One such exposure.
3. The process by which any organism's body develops immunity against a pathogen.

## Etymology
From French immunisation. Coined by Albert Calmette. Equivalent to immunize + -ation or immune + -ization.

## Common misspellings (16)
`immnuization`, `immuinzation`, `immuniaztion`, `immunizaiton`, `immunizasion`, `immunizatino`, `immunizationn`, `immunizatoin`, `immunizattion`, `immuniztaion`, `immunizzation`, `immunnization`, `immunziation`, `imumnization`, `imunization`, `mimunization`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/immunization