polarise
verb
polarise is a verb meaning “Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of polarize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-O-L-A-R-I-S-E, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does polarise mean?
verb
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UKNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of polarize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of polarise
- polarises present, singular, he/she/it
- polarising participle, present
- polarised participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is polarise?
Polarise appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th 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).
Where does polarise come from?
From French polariser, equivalent to polar + -ise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).