parallelize
verb
parallelize is a verb meaning “To make parallel (to each other)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-A-R-A-L-L-E-L-I-Z-E, and it appears about once in every 36 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does parallelize mean?
verb
- 1
To make parallel (to each other).
Care must be taken lest the machine parallelize the fibers.
- 2
To make to execute in parallel.
The programmers had to learn how to parallelize their algorithms.
- 3
To treat as if parallel; to draw parallels between.
They erroneously parallelized the symptoms of the two diseases.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of parallelize
- parallelizes present, singular, he/she/it
- parallelizing participle, present
- parallelized participle, past
- parallelise
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is parallelize?
Parallelize appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th 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).
Parallelize in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense make parallel:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | paralléliser |
| German | parallelisieren |
| Portuguese | paralelizar |
| Spanish | paralelizar |
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 parallelize come from?
From parallel + -ize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).