synchronisation

noun

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"synchronisation" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“synchronisation” is uncommon English (frequency #67,874 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,874
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of synchronization.

Corpus desk

Index EN-synchronisation · synchronisation · English

synchronisation · rank #67,874 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,874
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH synonymy

Nearest frequency peer: synonymy (+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.

Long-tail ranks near “synchronisation”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “synchronisation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for synchronisation
PropertyValue
Headwordsynchronisation
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Frequency rank#67,874
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “synchronisation” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).synchronisationfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “synonymy” (#67,875), “swathe” (#67,872), “SYRIZA” (#67,876). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “synchronisation” is #67,874. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

synchronisation is uncommon English at frequency #67,874 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of synchronization.".

synchronisation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From synchronise + -ation. The correct English form is synchronisation, spelled S-Y-N-C-H-R-O-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of synchronization.

Etymology

From synchronise + -ation.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "synchronisation"?
"synchronisation" is spelled S-Y-N-C-H-R-O-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "synchronisation" mean?
As a noun, "synchronisation" means: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of synchronization.
What is the origin of the word "synchronisation"?
From synchronise + -ation. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "synchronisation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

internalization#67,534intelligibility#67,532complementarity#67,322parasympathetic#68,519

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list