# apologise vs apologist

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### apologise
*verb · IPA /əˈpɒləˌd͡ʒaɪz/ · frequency rank #11,833*
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologize.

### apologist
*noun · IPA /əˈpɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/ · frequency rank #38,285*
One who makes an apology.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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