crystallize

Other forms of crystallize

past tense

crystallized·

present participle

crystallizing·

third person

crystallizes·

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 crystallize

What does crystallize mean?

crystallize means "cause to take on a definite and clear shape". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in crystallize?

crystallize has 3 syllables: crys-tal-lize. The stress falls on "crys". In IPA it is /ˈkɹɪstəˌlaɪz/.

What is another word for crystallize?

Close synonyms include crystallise, crystalise, crystalize, clear, clear up. 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 crystallize a common word?

crystallize 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.

What rhymes with crystallize?

83 words rhyme with crystallize. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.