stabilize
sta·bil·ize/ˈsteɪ.bəˌlaɪz/verb
stabilize is spelled S-T-A-B-I-L-I-Z-E, 3 syllables: sta·bil·ize. The wrong spelling people search most is stablize: about 120 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 2 in 10 of all searches for the word. Stabilize is a verb meaning “To make stable”.
How many letters and syllables are in stabilize?
| Letters | 9: S-T-A-B-I-L-I-Z-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: sta·bil·ize |
| In writing | 2.9 times per million words; the 15,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, stablize, about 120 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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).
How do you spell stabilize?
Stabilize is spelled S-T-A-B-I-L-I-Z-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for stabilize in either form.
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). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is stabilize?
Stabilize appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th 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 stabilize?
- US /ˈsteɪ.bəˌlaɪz/
- Australia /ˈstæɪ.bəˌlɑez/
- Australia [ˈstæɪ̯.bəˌlɑe̯z]
Stabilize has 3 syllables, split sta·bil·ize in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-stabilize.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-VCcortex-stabilize.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with stabilize
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: stabilise.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of stabilize
- stabilizes present, singular, he/she/it
- stabilizing participle, present
- stabilized participle, past
- stabilise UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stabilize mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To make stable.
Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg.
- 2
To become stable.
The country will stabilize after the next election ends.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stabilize in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | stabiliser , se stabiliser |
| German | stabilisieren , sich stabilisieren |
| Portuguese | estabilizar , estabilizar-se |
| Spanish | estabilizar , estabilizarse |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does stabilize come from?
From stable + -ize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).