Analyser or analyzer?
analyser is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of analyzer”; analyzer is a noun meaning “an instrument for the analysis of something”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) analyzer is about 7.4 times as common as analyser.
What is the difference between analyser and analyzer?
| analyser | analyzer | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | UKAlternative spelling of analyzer | USan instrument for the analysis of something USa person who analyzes |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | analysers | analyzers |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈæn.ə.laɪ.zə/ /ˈæn.əˌlaɪ.zɚ/ [ˈɛən.əˌlaɪ.zɚ] |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words | 1.1 times per million words |
Sources: analyser and analyzer in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of analyser and analyzer
analyser
- 1
UKAlternative spelling of analyzer
analyzer
- 1
USan instrument for the analysis of something
- 2
USa person who analyzes
- 3
a type of polarizer
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, analyser or analyzer?
analyser appears about once in every 6 million words; analyzer 1.1 times per million words.
analyser about once in every 6 million wordsanalyzer 1.1 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).