trivialize
/ˈtɹɪviəlaɪz/
"trivialize" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trivialize” is an uncommon English word, ranked #84,842 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #84,842
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To make something appear trivial
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trivialize |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈtɹɪviəlaɪz/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,842 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trivialize” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for trivialize is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtɹɪviəlaɪz/. Corpus data places it at rank #84,842 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "To make something appear trivial".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for trivialize, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From trivial + -ize. The correct English form is trivialize, spelled T-R-I-V-I-A-L-I-Z-E.
Definition
- 1To make something appear trivial
Etymology
From trivial + -ize.
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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.
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Using “trivialize”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-R-I-V-I-A-L-I-Z-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.