characterise
verb
characterise is spelled C-H-A-R-A-C-T-E-R-I-S-E: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, characterise means “Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of characterize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in characterise?
| Letters | 12: C-H-A-R-A-C-T-E-R-I-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,767th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is characterise?
Characterise appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th 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 characterise?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-characterise.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with characterise
Also written: characterize.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of characterise
- characterises present, singular, he/she/it
- characterising participle, present
- characterised participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does characterise mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
UKNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of characterize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does characterise come from?
From character + -ise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).