analyze
/ˈæn.ə.laɪz/
"analyze" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“analyze” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,012. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,012
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To subject to analysis.
Corpus desk
Index EN-analyze · analyze · English
analyze · rank #9,012 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,012
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH atmospheric
Nearest frequency peer: atmospheric (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “analyze”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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90,991 corpus weight
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90,989 corpus weight
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90,988 corpus weight
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90,987 corpus weight
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90,986 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “analyze” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | analyze |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈæn.ə.laɪz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,012 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “analyze” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around analyze (IPA /ˈæn.ə.laɪz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,012 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for analyze, with forms such as "aanlyze", "anallyze", and "analyez". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "analyzed", "analyzer", "analyst", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Probably formed within English, by back-formation, or by haplology from analysis + -ize, or from Middle French analyser, from the noun analyse, from Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis, “a breaking up, a loosening, releasing”), fr… The correct English form is analyze, spelled A-N-A-L-Y-Z-E.
Definition
- 1To subject to analysis.
- 2To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.
- 3To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
- 4To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how analyze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This section addresses the recent homeless backlash by reviewing and analyzing antihomeless legislation[…]
The clearest lesson is that the F.D.A. needs the power to demand adequate postmarketing studies and the resources to analyze the results.
Etymology
Probably formed within English, by back-formation, or by haplology from analysis + -ize, or from Middle French analyser, from the noun analyse, from Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis, “a breaking up, a loosening, releasing”), from ἀναλύω (analúō, “to unloose, release, set free”), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”) + λύσις (lúsis, “a loosening”), from λύω (lúō, “to unfasten”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aanlyze
- anallyze
- analyez
- analyyze
- analyzze
- analzye
- anaylze
- anlayze
- annalyze
- naalyze
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of analyze - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "analyze", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "analyze" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "analyzed". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,012 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.