summarise
verb
summarise is spelled S-U-M-M-A-R-I-S-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “summarise vs summarize” about 50 times a month (Google, United States). As a verb, summarise means “Alternative form of summarize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in summarise?
| Letters | 9: S-U-M-M-A-R-I-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is summarise?
Summarise appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd 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).
How do you pronounce summarise?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-summarise.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with summarise
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: summarize.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of summarise
- summarises present, singular, he/she/it
- summarising participle, present
- summarised participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does summarise mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
UKAlternative form of summarize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does summarise come from?
From summary + -ise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).