memorization
/ˈmem(ə)ɹaɪˌzeɪʃn̩/noun
memorization is a noun meaning “The act of committing something to memory or memorizing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-E-M-O-R-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of memorization is memorizations.
What does memorization mean?
noun
- 1
The act of committing something to memory or memorizing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce memorization?
- UK /ˈmem(ə)ɹaɪˌzeɪʃn̩/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-memorization.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of memorization
- memorizations plural
- memorisation
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is memorization?
Memorization appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd 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).
Memorization in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of committing something to memory:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mémorisation |
| Portuguese | memorização |
| Spanish | memorización |
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 memorization come from?
From memorize + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).