# authorise vs authors

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### authorise
*verb · frequency rank #37,329*
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of authorize.

### authors
*noun · IPA /ˈɔː.θəz/ · frequency rank #3,040*
plural of author

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/authorise-vs-authors