equalise
"equalise" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“equalise” is uncommon English (frequency #65,866 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,866
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Non-Oxford British English standard form of equalize.
Corpus desk
Index EN-equalise · equalise · English
equalise · rank #65,866 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,866
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH EpiPen
Nearest frequency peer: EpiPen (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “equalise”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Emmeline
Emmeline
34,139 corpus weight
- Endymion
Endymion
34,138 corpus weight
- EpiPen
EpiPen
34,136 corpus weight
- equalise
equalise
34,135 corpus weight
- erring
erring
34,134 corpus weight
- Eurocentric
Eurocentric
34,131 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “equalise” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | equalise |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,866 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “equalise” in English
Rare enough to double-check
equalise is uncommon English at frequency #65,866 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Non-Oxford British English standard form of equalize.".
No misspelling variants are generated for equalise in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From equal + -ise. The correct English form is equalise, spelled E-Q-U-A-L-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Non-Oxford British English standard form of equalize.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how equalise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The introduction of substitute Andy Carroll sparked Liverpool into life and he pulled a goal back just after the hour - and thought he had equalised as Kenny Dalglish's side laid siege to Chelsea's goal in the closing stages.
Etymology
From equal + -ise.
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).