Which to use
“organise” and “organize” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,015
- “organise” frequency rank
- #7,370
- “organize” frequency rank
- 22385
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | organise | organize |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Non-Oxford British standard spelling of organize. | To arrange in working order. |
Letter map: organise vs organize
Shared letters muted; letters that set organise and organize apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. organise and organize follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: organise and organize
organise and organize are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - s in “organise” becomes z in “organize”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22385, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
organise is recorded at frequency rank #15,015, classified as averb. organize is at rank #7,370, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈɔːɡənaɪz/.
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 22385, this pair ranks #416,977 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of organise vs organize
Shared letters: aeginor. Private to "organise": s. Private to "organize": z.
"organise" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "organize" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Pair "organise" vs "organize" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "organise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "organize" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #416,977 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "organise" and "organize" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "organise vs organist". 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 #416,977 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.