syllabization

noun

"syllabization" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of syllabification.

Corpus desk

Index EN-syllabization · syllabization · English

syllabization · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for syllabization
PropertyValue
Headwordsyllabization
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “syllabization” in English

syllabizationranks 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

syllabization is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of syllabification.".

syllabization has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From syllabize + -ation. The correct English form is syllabization, spelled S-Y-L-L-A-B-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of syllabification.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Poetry at large, or as composed of rhythm, rhyme, versification, and perhaps syllabization, may be said to differ from prose, as what is sung does from what is said.
  2. The following syllabizations may serve to recall a few of the leading forms: 1. Ché-pêw, ché-pêw, wé-oo, wé-oo, wé-oo.

Etymology

From syllabize + -ation.

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 "syllabization"?
"syllabization" is spelled S-Y-L-L-A-B-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "syllabization" mean?
As a noun, "syllabization" means: Synonym of syllabification.
What is the origin of the word "syllabization"?
From syllabize + -ation. 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