# advise

> English word · Verb · IPA /ədˈvaɪz/ · frequency rank #6,111

## Definitions
1. To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
2. To recommend; to offer as advice.
3. To formally give information or notice to; to inform or counsel.
4. To consider, to deliberate.
5. To look at, watch; to see.
6. To 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.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Latin ad
Old French a
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.
Proto-Italic *widēō
Latin videō
Latin vīsus
Old French vis
Old French avis
Old French aviserbor.
Middle English avisen
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Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-(h₁)seti
Proto-Indo-European *wéydseti
Proto-Italic *weidsō
Latin visō
Late Latin advisōder.
English advise
From Middle English avisen (“to perceive, consider, inform”), from Old French aviser, from avis, or from Late Latin advisō, from ad + visō. See also advice.

## Easily confused with
- **avis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advise-vs-avis)
- **arise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advise-vs-arise)
- **anise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advise-vs-anise)
- **advised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advise-vs-advised)
- **advisor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advise-vs-advisor)
- **adviser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advise-vs-adviser)
- **Addis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/addis-vs-advise)
- **Addie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/addie-vs-advise)
- **Advil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advil-vs-advise)
- **advice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advice-vs-advise)
- **admire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admire-vs-advise)
- **adverse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adverse-vs-advise)
- **advices** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advices-vs-advise)

## Common misspellings (8)
`addvise`, `adivse`, `advies`, `advisse`, `advsie`, `advvise`, `avdise`, `davise`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/advise