tokenization
noun
tokenization is spelled T-O-K-E-N-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tokenization means “The act or process of tokenizing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tokenization is tokenizations.
How many letters and syllables are in tokenization?
| Letters | 12: T-O-K-E-N-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 136,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is tokenization?
Tokenization appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th 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).
Forms of tokenization
- tokenizations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tokenization mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or process of tokenizing.
- 2
An instance created by that act or process: something tokenized.
This was an unlikely tokenization of the input string.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tokenization come from?
From token + -ization.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).