# urbanization

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #27,689

## Definitions
1. The process of the formation and growth of cities.
2. The change in a country or region when its population migrates from rural to urban areas.
3. The proportion of a region's population that live in towns and cities; the rate at which this proportion is growing.

## Etymology
From urbanize + -ation.

## Common misspellings (18)
`rubanization`, `ubranization`, `urabnization`, `urbainzation`, `urbaniaztion`, `urbanizaiton`, `urbanizasion`, `urbanizatino`, `urbanizationn`, `urbanizatoin`, `urbanizattion`, `urbaniztaion`, `urbanizzation`, `urbannization`, `urbanziation`, `urbbanization`, `urbnaization`, `urrbanization`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/urbanization