organized
or·gan·ized/ˈɔɹɡənaɪzd/adjective, verb
organized is spelled O-R-G-A-N-I-Z-E-D, 3 syllables: or·gan·ized. The wrong spelling people search most is organizized: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026). Organized is an adjective meaning “Of things or settings, having been organized; in good order”.
How many letters and syllables are in organized?
| Letters | 9: O-R-G-A-N-I-Z-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: or·gan·ized |
| In writing | 32 times per million words; the 2,941st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, organizized, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell organized?
Organized is spelled O-R-G-A-N-I-Z-E-D. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is organized?
Organized appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,941st 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).
How do you pronounce organized?
- US /ˈɔɹɡənaɪzd/
- UK /ˈɔːɡənaɪzd/
Organized has 3 syllables, split or·gan·ized in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-organized.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with organized
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: organised.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of organized
- more organized comparative
- most organized superlative
- organised
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does organized mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of things or settings, having been organized; in good order.
Your desk is so organized!
- 2
Of a person, characterized by efficient organization.
Your desk is so neat and tidy – I've never met someone so organized before!
- 3
Unionized.
- 4
rareOf a musical instrument, having keys (like an organ); keyed.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of organize
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Organized in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense characterised by efficient organization:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | organisé |
| German | ordentlich |
| Portuguese | organizado, arrumado |
| Spanish | organizado |
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 organized come from?
From organ (“musical instrument”) + -ize, calque of German organisierte/organisirte.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).