memorialize
"memorialize" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“memorialize” is uncommon English (frequency #63,794 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,794
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To provide a memorial for someone; to commemorate.
Corpus desk
Index EN-memorialize · memorialize · English
memorialize · rank #63,794 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,794
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Merah
Nearest frequency peer: Merah (+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 “memorialize”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- marshland
marshland
36,214 corpus weight
- McGonagall
McGonagall
36,213 corpus weight
- memorialize
memorialize
36,207 corpus weight
- Merah
Merah
36,206 corpus weight
- microarray
microarray
36,204 corpus weight
- Millbrook
Millbrook
36,202 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “memorialize” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | memorialize |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #63,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “memorialize” in English
Rare enough to double-check
memorialize is uncommon English at frequency #63,794 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for memorialize, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From memorial + -ize. The correct English form is memorialize, spelled M-E-M-O-R-I-A-L-I-Z-E.
Definition
- 1To provide a memorial for someone; to commemorate.
- 2To convert (someone’s profile) into a memorial site/page (e.g. on Facebook).
- 3To create a written record of a meeting or conversation.
- 4To petition with a memorial, or statement of facts.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how memorialize appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In this passage, Andromaque sees Astyanax only through the memorializing lens of his attribution to Hector, his status as "gage."
President Emmanuel Macron decided this summer that 46 years after her death, Baker would become only the sixth woman to be memorialised in the Panthéon in a ceremony on 30 November – the anniversary of the marriage to Jean Lion that allowed her to acquire French nationality.
Etymology
From memorial + -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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).