# realise

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #4,625

## Definitions
1. Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.

## Etymology
From real + -ise, possibly from French réaliser and Middle French réaliser (“to make real; to convert (something) into assets or cash”). See realize.

## Easily confused with
- **revise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realise-vs-revise)
- **relish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realise-vs-relish)
- **relive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realise-vs-relive)
- **reality** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realise-vs-reality)
- **realize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realise-vs-realize)
- **realism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realise-vs-realism)
- **realist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realise-vs-realist)
- **reprise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realise-vs-reprise)
- **recluse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realise-vs-recluse)
- **redline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realise-vs-redline)
- **realized** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realise-vs-realized)
- **realised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realise-vs-realised)
- **realtime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realise-vs-realtime)
- **raise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raise-vs-realise)

## Common misspellings (9)
`eralise`, `raelise`, `reailse`, `realies`, `realisse`, `reallise`, `realsie`, `relaise`, `rrealise`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/realise