memorise
verb
memorise is a verb meaning “Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of memorize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-E-M-O-R-I-S-E, and it appears about once in every 4 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does memorise mean?
verb
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UKNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of memorize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of memorise
- memorises present, singular, he/she/it
- memorising participle, present
- memorised participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is memorise?
Memorise appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th 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).
Words people confuse with memorise
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: memorize.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).