immunize
/ˈɪm.ju.naɪz/
"immunize" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“immunize” is uncommon English (frequency #88,455 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,455
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To make someone or something immune to something.
Corpus desk
Index EN-immunize · immunize · English
immunize · rank #88,455 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,455
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH immortalize
Nearest frequency peer: immortalize (-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 “immunize”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- IIR
IIR
11,551 corpus weight
- immortalize
immortalize
11,547 corpus weight
- immunize
immunize
11,546 corpus weight
- incall
incall
11,545 corpus weight
- inchoate
inchoate
11,543 corpus weight
- inconsidera…
inconsiderable
11,542 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “immunize” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | immunize |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈɪm.ju.naɪz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,455 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “immunize” in English
Rare enough to double-check
immunize is uncommon English at frequency #88,455 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈɪm.ju.naɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for immunize in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French immuniser, equivalent to immune + -ize. The correct English form is immunize, spelled I-M-M-U-N-I-Z-E.
Definition
- 1To make someone or something immune to something.
- 2To inoculate someone, and thus produce immunity from a disease.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how immunize appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is now clear that the brevity of an indecent broadcast – be it word or image – cannot immunize it from FCC censure.
This kind of warfare [i.e., biological] would have us devouring the world’s children in a manner of speaking and those who are immunologically impaired, presuming we were going to immunize our own population but not those of the antagonist. Thus we would be conducting warfare which by definition would be indiscriminate rather than selective. We would lose…
Etymology
From French immuniser, equivalent to immune + -ize.
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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