# institutionalized

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #24,483

## Definitions
1. Having been established as an institution.
2. Having been committed to an institution, such as a prison or an insane asylum.
3. Having become dependent after a long time in, and unable to function outside of an institution, especially a prison.

## Common misspellings (25)
`innstitutionalized`, `insittutionalized`, `insstitutionalized`, `instittuionalized`, `instittutionalized`, `instituitonalized`, `institutinoalized`, `institutioanlized`, `institutionailzed`, `institutionaliezd`, `institutionalizde`, `institutionalizedd`, `institutionalizzed`, `institutionallized`, `institutionalzied`, `institutionlaized`, `institutionnalized`, `institutoinalized`, `instituttionalized`, `instiuttionalized`, `insttitutionalized`, `insttiutionalized`, `intsitutionalized`, `isntitutionalized`, `nistitutionalized`

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