English homophones
apologise/apologize
"apologize" (#5,473 written frequency) beats "apologise" (#11,833) in this 2-word /əˈpɒləˌd͡ʒaɪz/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /əˈpɒləˌd͡ʒaɪz/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "apologize" leads at #5,473, with "apologise" trailing at #11,833.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "apologi" then splits - "apologise" (9 letters) vs "apologize" (9).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across apologise, apologize: aegilop. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
apologise
9 letters · 5 vowels · shape VCVCVCVCV
Inventory aegilops · private s
apologize
9 letters · 5 vowels · shape VCVCVCVCV
Inventory aegilopz · private z
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "apologise" when you mean: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologize.
- Write "apologize" when you mean: To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
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- "apologize" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #5,473 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: AIDS · aides. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "apologise, apologize" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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