empathise
verb
empathise is a verb meaning “Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of empathize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-M-P-A-T-H-I-S-E, and it appears about once in every 4 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does empathise mean?
verb
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UKNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of empathize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of empathise
- empathises present, singular, he/she/it
- empathising participle, present
- empathised participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is empathise?
Empathise appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd 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).