initialisation
noun
initialisation is a noun meaning “Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of initialization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-N-I-T-I-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of initialisation is initialisations.
What does initialisation mean?
noun
- 1
UKNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of initialization.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of initialisation
- initialisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is initialisation?
Initialisation appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th 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).
Where does initialisation come from?
From initialise + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).