motorization

noun

"motorization" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“motorization” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of motorizing something.

Corpus desk

Index EN-motorization · motorization · English

motorization · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for motorization
PropertyValue
Headwordmotorization
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “motorization” in English

motorizationsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

motorization is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of motorizing something.".

No misspelling variants are generated for motorization in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From motorize + -ation. The correct English form is motorization, spelled M-O-T-O-R-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of motorizing something.

Etymology

From motorize + -ation.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "motorization"?
"motorization" is spelled M-O-T-O-R-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "motorization" mean?
As a noun, "motorization" means: The act of motorizing something.
What is the origin of the word "motorization"?
From motorize + -ation. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list