marginalize

/ˈmɑːdʒɪnəlaɪz/

//ˈmɑːdʒɪnəlaɪz// verb

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"marginalize" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“marginalize” is uncommon English (frequency #60,947 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,947
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.

Corpus desk

Index EN-marginalize · marginalize · English

marginalize · rank #60,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,947
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH McDaniels

Nearest frequency peer: McDaniels (+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 “marginalize”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “marginalize” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for marginalize
PropertyValue
Headwordmarginalize
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈmɑːdʒɪnəlaɪz/
Letters11
Frequency rank#60,947
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “marginalize” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).marginalizefalls in this rarity band:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “McDaniels” (#60,948), “manuka” (#60,945), “maintainer” (#60,944). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “marginalize” is #60,947. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

marginalize is uncommon English at frequency #60,947 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈmɑːdʒɪnəlaɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for marginalize in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From marginal + -ize. The correct English form is marginalize, spelled M-A-R-G-I-N-A-L-I-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.
  2. 2
    To find a marginal distribution of a joint probability distribution.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how marginalize appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The practice of only analysing Indian English in terms of how it differs from a notional standard English that resides in the Englishes of the varieties of the Inner Circle is one of the key ways in which Indian English is marginalised.
  2. Ideally, we would like to integrate out the parameters #92;theta, i.e. marginalize in order to obtain a prediction. Since this is again hard to realize analytically, one usually approximates the integral via sampling from the posterior.

Etymology

From marginal + -ize.

Synonyms

alienateinvisibilizeperipheralizesideline

Antonyms

prioritizeaccept

This word in other languages

marginar(Español)marginaliser(Français)marginalisieren(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marginalize"?
"marginalize" is spelled M-A-R-G-I-N-A-L-I-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmɑːdʒɪnəlaɪz/.
What does "marginalize" mean?
As a verb, "marginalize" means: To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.
How do you pronounce "marginalize"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marginalize" is /ˈmɑːdʒɪnəlaɪz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "marginalize"?
From marginal + -ize. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "marginalize", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

orientalism#61,002inoperative#60,881infantryman#60,879relatedness#61,065

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list