# equaliser vs equalize

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### equaliser
*noun · frequency rank #34,476*
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of equalizer.

### equalize
*verb · IPA /ˈiːkwəlaɪz/ · frequency rank #48,728*
To make equal; to cause to correspond in amount or degree.

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