realisation
"realisation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“realisation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,479. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,479
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of realization.
Corpus desk
Index EN-realisation · realisation · English
realisation · rank #22,479 · 16 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,479
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH recapture
Nearest frequency peer: recapture (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “realisation”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Q2
Q2
77,526 corpus weight
- rancho
rancho
77,525 corpus weight
- rattling
rattling
77,524 corpus weight
- realisation
realisation
77,522 corpus weight
- recapture
recapture
77,521 corpus weight
- recurrence
recurrence
77,519 corpus weight
What this shows “realisation” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | realisation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #22,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “realisation”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around realisation, anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,479 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative spelling of realization.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for realisation, with forms such as "eralisation", "raelisation", and "reailsation". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "realization", "retaliation", "replication", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French réalisation, from Middle French, as if realise + -ation. The correct English form is realisation, spelled R-E-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of realization.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how realisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A widening of the M4 had long been mooted, and the Welsh Government had even earmarked most of the required £1.6bn funding for a new 14-mile, six-lane section around Newport. Then, in the face of opposition from environmentalists, came a realisation that similar road schemes across the world tend merely to encourage greater car use and therefore soon prov…
Etymology
From French réalisation, from Middle French, as if realise + -ation.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eralisation
- raelisation
- reailsation
- realiastion
- realisaiton
- realisasion
- realisatino
- realisationn
- realisatoin
- realisattion
- realissation
- realistaion
- reallisation
- realsiation
- relaisation
- rrealisation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of realisation - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "realisation", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).