# mobilization

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #20,433

## Definitions
1. The act of mobilizing.
2. The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.
3. The softening of rock such that geochemical migration can take place.
4. The transport of a copy of a gene from one chromosome, or one organism to another.

## Etymology
From French mobilisation or mobilize + -ation.

## Easily confused with
- **mobilisation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mobilisation-vs-mobilization)

## Common misspellings (18)
`mboilization`, `mmobilization`, `mobbilization`, `mobiilzation`, `mobiliaztion`, `mobilizaiton`, `mobilizasion`, `mobilizatino`, `mobilizationn`, `mobilizatoin`, `mobilizattion`, `mobiliztaion`, `mobilizzation`, `mobillization`, `mobilziation`, `mobliization`, `moiblization`, `ombilization`

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