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alphabetisation

alphabetisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetization.

Meaning of alphabetization

Noun

alphabetization (countable and uncountable, plural alphabetizations)

  1. The act or process of arranging in alphabetical order.

Forms of alphabetisation

pluralalphabetisations

Origin of alphabetisation

From alphabetise + -ation.

Words formed from alphabetisation

Questions about alphabetisation

What is alphabetisation the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Alphabetisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetization.

Words near alphabetisation in the dictionary

  1. alphabetick
  2. alphabetico-classed
  3. alphabetics
  4. alphabetiform
  5. alphabeting
  6. alphabetisation
  7. alphabetisations
  8. alphabetise
  9. alphabetised
  10. alphabetiser
  11. alphabetisers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alphabetisation (page history and authors); alphabetization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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