pressurize
/ˈpɹɛʃəɹaɪz/verb
pressurize is a verb meaning “To put (physical) pressure on; to put under pressure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-R-E-S-S-U-R-I-Z-E and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 9 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does pressurize mean?
verb
- 1
To put (physical) pressure on; to put under pressure.
- 2
rareTo coerce, put under duress; to pressure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce pressurize?
- /ˈpɹɛʃəɹaɪz/
Pressurize has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pressurize.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pressurize
- pressurizes present, singular, he/she/it
- pressurizing participle, present
- pressurized participle, past
- pressurise
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is pressurize?
Pressurize appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 87,317th 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).
Pressurize in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to put pressure on:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pressuriser |
| German | unter Druck setzen |
| Portuguese | pressurizar |
| Spanish | presurizar |
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 pressurize come from?
From pressure + -ize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).