sacralize

verb

"sacralize" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sacralize” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - to make sacred

Corpus desk

Index EN-sacralize · sacralize · English

sacralize · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for sacralize
PropertyValue
Headwordsacralize
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “sacralize” in English

sacralizeranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sacralize is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "to make sacred".

Zero misspellings are on record for sacralize in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From sacral + -ize. The correct English form is sacralize, spelled S-A-C-R-A-L-I-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    to make sacred

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sacralize appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bishop Daniel Flores of the Brownsville Diocese in Texas recently wrote on Twitter that Americans “sacralize death’s instruments, and then are surprised that death uses them.” [...] Bishop Flores told the Catholic website The Pillar, “[...] To say something is sacralized is to say it’s almost taken out of any possibility for conversation.”

Etymology

From sacral + -ize.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sacralize"?
"sacralize" is spelled S-A-C-R-A-L-I-Z-E.
What does "sacralize" mean?
As a verb, "sacralize" means: to make sacred
What is the origin of the word "sacralize"?
From sacral + -ize. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list