# specialise

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #35,952

## Definitions
1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of specialize.

## Etymology
From special + -ise.

## Easily confused with
- **specialist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/specialise-vs-specialist)
- **specialize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/specialise-vs-specialize)
- **speciality** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/specialise-vs-speciality)
- **specialized** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/specialise-vs-specialized)
- **specialised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/specialise-vs-specialised)
- **socialise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/socialise-vs-specialise)

## Common misspellings (14)
`psecialise`, `sepcialise`, `spceialise`, `specailise`, `speccialise`, `speciailse`, `specialies`, `specialisse`, `speciallise`, `specialsie`, `specilaise`, `speicalise`, `sppecialise`, `sspecialise`

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