# recognise vs recognize

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### recognise
*verb · IPA /ˈɹɛkənaɪz/ · frequency rank #8,080*
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of recognize.

### recognize
*verb · IPA /ˈɹɛk.əɡ.naɪz/ · frequency rank #2,908*
To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.

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