analyze
an·a·lyze/ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/verb
analyze is spelled A-N-A-L-Y-Z-E: 7 letters and 3 syllables (an·a·lyze). It appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, analyze means “To subject to analysis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in analyze?
| Letters | 7: A-N-A-L-Y-Z-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: an·a·lyze |
| In writing | 6.9 times per million words; the 9,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is analyze?
Analyze appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce analyze?
- UK /ˈæn.ə.laɪz/
- US /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/
- US [ˈɛən.əˌlaɪz]
Analyze has 3 syllables, split an·a·lyze in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-analyze.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with analyze?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as analyze from its last stressed vowel (/ænəlaɪz/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of analyze
- analyzes present, singular, he/she/it
- analyzing participle, present
- analyzed participle, past
- analyse
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does analyze mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
USTo subject to analysis.
- 2
USTo resolve (anything complex) into its elements.
analyze a problem
- 3
USTo separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
- 4
USTo 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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Analyze in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to subject to analysis:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | analyser |
| German | analysieren |
| Portuguese | analisar |
| Spanish | analizar |
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.
Where does analyze come from?
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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).