vaporize

verb

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"vaporize" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“vaporize” is uncommon English (frequency #55,173 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,173
frequency rank, English
969
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To turn into vapor.

Corpus desk

Index EN-vaporize · vaporize · English

vaporize · rank #55,173 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,173
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Varga

Nearest frequency peer: Varga (+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 “vaporize”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vaporize
PropertyValue
Headwordvaporize
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,173
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “vaporize” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).vaporizefalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Varga” (#55,174), “varietal” (#55,175), “uprooting” (#55,170). Among 969 “V” headwords, “vaporize” is #55,173. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vaporize is uncommon English at frequency #55,173 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To turn into vapor.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for vaporize in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From vapor + -ize. The correct English form is vaporize, spelled V-A-P-O-R-I-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    To turn into vapor.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how vaporize appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. PFC vaporizes when hit with an ultrasound pulse, producing rapidly expanding gas bubbles that "fire" the nanobullets out of the microcannons at speeds on the order of meters per second -- and the fluorescent microbullets light up to show exactly where they landed in the tissue target.

Etymology

From vapor + -ize.

This word in other languages

vaporizarse(Español)vaporiser(Français)verdampfen(Deutsch)vaporizar(Português)

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 "vaporize"?
"vaporize" is spelled V-A-P-O-R-I-Z-E.
What does "vaporize" mean?
As a verb, "vaporize" means: To turn into vapor.
What is the origin of the word "vaporize"?
From vapor + -ize. 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 "vaporize", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

varietal#55,175unfollow#55,166uncapped#55,165virginal#55,181

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list