crystallization

Other forms of crystallization

plural

crystallizations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about crystallization

What does crystallization mean?

crystallization means "the formation of crystals". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in crystallization?

crystallization has 6 syllables: cry-stal-li-za-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for crystallization?

Close synonyms include crystallisation, crystallizing, crystal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crystallization a common word?

crystallization is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.