# sympathies vs sympathise

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sympathies
*noun · IPA /ˈsɪmpəθiz/ · frequency rank #21,676*
plural of sympathy

### sympathise
*verb · frequency rank #41,405*
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sympathize.

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