pasteurise
/ˈpæst͡ʃəɹaɪz/
"pasteurise" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pasteurise” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pasteurise · pasteurise · English
pasteurise · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | pasteurise |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈpæst͡ʃəɹaɪz/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pasteurise” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pasteurise is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈpæst͡ʃəɹaɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.".
pasteurise has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French pasteuriser. From Louis Pasteur, the inventor of the process, + -ise. The correct English form is pasteurise, spelled P-A-S-T-E-U-R-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pasteurise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Opolot liked his milk straight from the cow – pasteurising kills both the taste and the savour, he claimed – and hardly diluted.
Etymology
Borrowed from French pasteuriser. From Louis Pasteur, the inventor of the process, + -ise.
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.