popularise
/ˈpɒpjʊləɹaɪz/
"popularise" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“popularise” is uncommon English (frequency #87,692 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,692
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To make something popular.
Corpus desk
Index EN-popularise · popularise · English
popularise · rank #87,692 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,692
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH popish
Nearest frequency peer: popish (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “popularise”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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pneumonic
12,314 corpus weight
- Pontypool
Pontypool
12,312 corpus weight
- poos
poos
12,311 corpus weight
- popish
popish
12,310 corpus weight
- popularise
popularise
12,309 corpus weight
- Porcello
Porcello
12,308 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “popularise” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | popularise |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈpɒpjʊləɹaɪz/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #87,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “popularise” in English
Rare enough to double-check
popularise is uncommon English at frequency #87,692 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈpɒpjʊləɹaɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for popularise, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From popular + -ise. The correct English form is popularise, spelled P-O-P-U-L-A-R-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1To make something popular.
- 2To present information in a form less difficult for the general public to understand or enjoy, especially by excluding details and jargon found in technical or academic publications.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how popularise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Homer Simpson popularised the term "d'oh".
Towards the end of August, the Southern Railway decided to adopt a novel form of publicity to popularise the services. Sandwich board men were employed at Charing Cross and Cannon Street to display placards, and distribute leaflet timetables, calling attention to the vacant seats on the services via Nunhead.
Etymology
From popular + -ise.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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