English homophones
maximise/maximize
"maximize" (#12,461 written frequency) beats "maximise" (#25,468) in this 2-word /ˈmæksəmaɪz/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈmæksəmaɪz/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "maximize" leads at #12,461, with "maximise" trailing at #25,468.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "maximi" then splits - "maximise" (8 letters) vs "maximize" (8).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across maximise, maximize: aeimx. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
maximise
8 letters · 4 vowels · shape CVCVCVCV
Inventory aeimsx · private s
maximize
8 letters · 4 vowels · shape CVCVCVCV
Inventory aeimxz · private z
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "maximise" when you mean: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of maximize.
- Write "maximize" when you mean: To make as large as possible.
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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- "maximize" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #12,461 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: mini · Minnie. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "maximise, maximize" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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