advise

ad·vise/ədˈvaɪz/verb

advise is spelled A-D-V-I-S-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables (ad·vise). It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “advice vs advise” about 27,100 times a month (Google, United States). As a verb, advise means “To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in advise?

Letters	6: A-D-V-I-S-E
Syllables	2: ad·vise
In writing	12 times per million words; the 6,138th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search
Pairs people search	advice vs advise

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).

How common is advise?

Advise appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th most frequent word form in the list.

advise0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce advise?

/ədˈvaɪz/

Advise has 2 syllables, split ad·vise in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-advise.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with advise

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

advice vs advise27,100 G

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of advise

advises present, singular, he/she/it
advising participle, present
advised participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
advize
avise
avize

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does advise mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

1
To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
The dentist advised me to brush three times a day.
2
To recommend; to offer as advice.
The dentist advised brushing three times a day.
3
To formally give information or notice to; to inform or counsel.
We were advised of the risk.
4
archaicTo consider, to deliberate.
5
obsoleteTo look at, watch; to see.
6
obsoleteTo consult (with).
7
To deliver judgment after a case has been reserved for further consideration.
8
To provide information to a sovereign or head of state which they have previously asked for.
Empress, I advise you that your audience with the Prime Minister is in 15 minutes, ma'am.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Advise in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
French	conseiller (to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to…), renseigner (to give information or notice to; to inform)
German	raten, beraten, empfehlen (to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to…), mitteilen, informieren, verständigen (to give information or notice to; to inform)
Portuguese	aconselhar, opiniar (to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to…), avisar, informar, notificar (to give information or notice to; to inform)
Spanish	aconsejar, asesorar (to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to…), notificar (to give information or notice to; to inform)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.