idealise
verb
idealise is a verb meaning “Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of idealize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-D-E-A-L-I-S-E, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does idealise mean?
verb
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UKNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of idealize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of idealise
- idealises present, singular, he/she/it
- idealising participle, present
- idealised participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is idealise?
Idealise appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th 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).