organise
"organise" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“organise” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,015. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,015
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Non-Oxford British standard spelling of organize.
Corpus desk
Index EN-organise · organise · English
organise · rank #15,015 · 11 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,015
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH obligated
Nearest frequency peer: obligated (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “organise”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- obedience
obedience
84,989 corpus weight
- objected
objected
84,988 corpus weight
- obligated
obligated
84,987 corpus weight
- organise
organise
84,986 corpus weight
- outing
outing
84,985 corpus weight
- overdue
overdue
84,984 corpus weight
What this shows “organise” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | organise |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,015 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “organise”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around organise, averb. Corpus frequency is #15,015 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Non-Oxford British standard spelling of organize.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for organise, with forms such as "ogranise", "oragnise", and "orgainse". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "organs", "organize", "organism", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French organiser. The correct English form is organise, spelled O-R-G-A-N-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Non-Oxford British standard spelling of organize.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how organise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Lancashire Tradesmen's Association organises craftsmen, semi-skilled and unskilled workmen on the surface other than the manipulators of coal, enginemen, boilermen and locomen; it also organises skilled craftsmen underground, although some craftsmen are organised by the Lancashire Area, which seeks to organise all underground workers including craftsmen.
To celebrate the centenary next month of the opening of the first section (Forest Gate to Tilbury) of the former London, Tilbury & Southend Railway, the Stephenson Locomotive Society is organising a special rail tour over that route and other lesser-known L.T.S.R. lines.
Etymology
From Middle French organiser.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ogranise
- oragnise
- orgainse
- organies
- organisse
- organnise
- organsie
- orgganise
- orgnaise
- orrganise
- roganise
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of organise - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "organise", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).