realise
"realise" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“realise” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,625. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,625
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.
Corpus desk
Index EN-realise · realise · English
realise · rank #4,625 · 9 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,625
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH pursue
Nearest frequency peer: pursue (-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 “realise”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- pays
pays
95,379 corpus weight
- peoples
peoples
95,378 corpus weight
- pursue
pursue
95,377 corpus weight
- realise
realise
95,376 corpus weight
- refugees
refugees
95,375 corpus weight
- removing
removing
95,374 corpus weight
What this shows “realise” 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 | realise |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,625 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “realise”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around realise, averb. Corpus frequency is #4,625 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for realise, with forms such as "eralise", "raelise", and "reailse". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "revise", "relish", "relive", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From real + -ise, possibly from French réaliser and Middle French réaliser (“to make real; to convert (something) into assets or cash”). See realize. The correct English form is realise, spelled R-E-A-L-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how realise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[F]aith realiſeth the ſufferings of Chriſt; it looks upon Chriſt as the common treaſury of all grace, as the principle of life, and root of holineſs.
All joy or ſorrovv for the happineſs or calamities of others, is produced by an act of the imagination, that realiſes the event hovvever fictitious, or approximates it hovvever remote, by placing us for a time in the condition of him vvhoſe fortune vve comtemplate; […]
Etymology
From real + -ise, possibly from French réaliser and Middle French réaliser (“to make real; to convert (something) into assets or cash”). See realize.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eralise
- raelise
- reailse
- realies
- realisse
- reallise
- realsie
- relaise
- rrealise
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of realise - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "realise", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).