liberalize
/ˈlɪbəɹəlaɪz/
"liberalize" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“liberalize” is uncommon English (frequency #79,705 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,705
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - to make liberal, free.
Corpus desk
Index EN-liberalize · liberalize · English
liberalize · rank #79,705 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,705
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lidded
Nearest frequency peer: lidded (+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 “liberalize”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lemke
Lemke
20,300 corpus weight
- Levantine
Levantine
20,299 corpus weight
- liberalize
liberalize
20,296 corpus weight
- lidded
lidded
20,295 corpus weight
- Liew
Liew
20,294 corpus weight
- liman
liman
20,293 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “liberalize” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liberalize |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈlɪbəɹəlaɪz/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,705 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “liberalize” in English
Rare enough to double-check
liberalize is uncommon English at frequency #79,705 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈlɪbəɹəlaɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for liberalize, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From liberal + -ize. The correct English form is liberalize, spelled L-I-B-E-R-A-L-I-Z-E.
Definition
- 1to make liberal, free.
- 2to become liberal, free.
Etymology
From liberal + -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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