generalise
"generalise" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“generalise” is uncommon English (frequency #72,343 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,343
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of generalize.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | generalise |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #72,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “generalise” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
generalise is uncommon English at frequency #72,343 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of generalize.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for generalise, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From general + -ise. The correct English form is generalise, spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-L-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of generalize.
Etymology
From general + -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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Using “generalise”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-E-N-E-R-A-L-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.