tokenize
/ˈtoʊ.kən.aɪz/verb
tokenize is spelled T-O-K-E-N-I-Z-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, tokenize means “To reduce to a token or set of tokens by lexical analysis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tokenize?
| Letters | 8: T-O-K-E-N-I-Z-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th 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 tokenize?
Tokenize appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th 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 tokenize?
- US /ˈtoʊ.kən.aɪz/
Tokenize has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of tokenize
- tokenizes present, singular, he/she/it
- tokenizing participle, present
- tokenized participle, past
- tokenise
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tokenize mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To reduce to a token or set of tokens by lexical analysis.
- 2
To substitute sensitive data with meaningless placeholders.
- 3
To treat as a token minority.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tokenize come from?
From token + -ize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).