# regularization

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #70,201

## Definitions
1. The act of making regular, of regularizing.
2. a process that simplifies results, often used to obtain results for ill-posed problems or to prevent overfitting.

## Etymology
From regular + -ization.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/regularization