analyse vs analyses, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“analyse” is a verb and “analyses” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,567
“analyse” frequency rank: #9,698
“analyses” frequency rank: 25265
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	analyse	analyses
Definition	British standard spelling of analyze.	plural of analysis

Letter map: analyse vs analyses

Shared letters muted; letters that set analyse and analyses apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.

7 ch

analyse

8 ch

analyses

Grammar separator: analyse vs analyses

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: analyse is averb and analysesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “analyse” sits inside “analyses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25265, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

analyse is recorded at frequency rank #15,567, classified as averb. analyses is at rank #9,698, tagged as anoun, pronounced /əˈnæl.ɪ.siːz/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 25265, this pair ranks #395,652 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of analyse vs analyses

Shared letters: aelnsy. Private to "analyse": -. Private to "analyses": -.

"analyse" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "analyses" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

analyse ← aanlyse · anallyse · analsye · analyes · analyyse · anaylse · anlayse · annalyse
analyses ← aanlyses · anallyses · analsyes · analyess · analysess · analysse · analysses · analyyses

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "analyse" and "analyses" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "analyse" is a verb and "analyses" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "analyse" or "analyses"?

"analyses" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,698 in our English list, against #15,567 for "analyse". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "analyse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "analyses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #395,652 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"analyse" and "analyses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "analyse vs annalise". Nearby pair
Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #395,652 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.