initialization
noun
initialization is spelled I-N-I-T-I-A-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, initialization means “The process of preparing something to begin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of initialization is initializations.
How many letters and syllables are in initialization?
| Letters | 14: I-N-I-T-I-A-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is initialization?
Initialization appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th 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 initialization?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-initialization.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of initialization
- initializations plural
- initialisation
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does initialization mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
BritishUSThe process of preparing something to begin.
- 2
BritishUSAn act of preparing something to begin.
- 3
BritishUSAn assignment of an initial value for a data object or variable
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate initialization?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of initialization: init.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Initialization in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | inicialização |
| French | initialisation |
| German | Initialisierung |
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 initialization come from?
From initialize + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).