realisation
noun
realisation is spelled R-E-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “realisation vs realization” about 10 times a month (Bing, United States). As a noun, realisation means “Alternative spelling of realization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of realisation is realisations.
How many letters and syllables are in realisation?
| Letters | 11: R-E-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,362nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is realisation?
Realisation appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd 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).
How do you pronounce realisation?
- US
Realisation has 4 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)-Wodencafe-realisation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with realisation
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: realization.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with realisation?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as realisation.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rationalise.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of realisation
- realisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does realisation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKAlternative spelling of realization.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does realisation come from?
From French réalisation, from Middle French, as if realise + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).