radicalisation
"radicalisation" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“radicalisation” is uncommon English (frequency #63,919 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,919
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of radicalization.
Corpus desk
Index EN-radicalisation · radicalisation · English
radicalisation · rank #63,919 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,919
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rakhi
Nearest frequency peer: rakhi (+3 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 “radicalisation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- punctuate
punctuate
36,090 corpus weight
- punky
punky
36,089 corpus weight
- Pynchon
Pynchon
36,086 corpus weight
- radicalisat…
radicalisation
36,082 corpus weight
- rakhi
rakhi
36,079 corpus weight
- rann
rann
36,078 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “radicalisation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | radicalisation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #63,919 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “radicalisation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
radicalisation is uncommon English at frequency #63,919 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of radicalization.".
No misspelling variants are generated for radicalisation in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From radical + -isation. The correct English form is radicalisation, spelled R-A-D-I-C-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of radicalization.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how radicalisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Incelism or 'involuntary celibacy' culture is on the rise, with online radicalisation being the main cause of this, and attacks of terror from such groups are becoming more common.
Etymology
From radical + -isation.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).