pasteurisation
"pasteurisation" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pasteurisation” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Heat-treatment of a perishable food to destroy heat-sensitive vegetative cells followed by immediate cooling to limit growth of the surviving cells and germination of spores.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pasteurisation · pasteurisation · English
pasteurisation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pasteurisation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pasteurisation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pasteurisation is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Heat-treatment of a perishable food to destroy heat-sensitive vegetative cells followed by immediate cooling to limit growth of the surviving cells and germination of spores.".
No misspelling variants are generated for pasteurisation in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French pasteurisation, from the surname of its inventor, Louis Pasteur. The correct English form is pasteurisation, spelled P-A-S-T-E-U-R-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Heat-treatment of a perishable food to destroy heat-sensitive vegetative cells followed by immediate cooling to limit growth of the surviving cells and germination of spores.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pasteurisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lorries collect the milk from the various outlying farms, whence it is taken to the district distribution centre to undergo pasteurisation.
Etymology
From French pasteurisation, from the surname of its inventor, Louis Pasteur.
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.