summarise
"summarise" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“summarise” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,359. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,359
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of summarize.
Corpus desk
Index EN-summarise · summarise · English
summarise · rank #47,359 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,359
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH subordination
Nearest frequency peer: subordination (-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 “summarise”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Styx
Styx
52,645 corpus weight
- submerge
submerge
52,644 corpus weight
- subordinati…
subordination
52,643 corpus weight
- summarise
summarise
52,642 corpus weight
- sunnah
sunnah
52,641 corpus weight
- surfactant
surfactant
52,640 corpus weight
What this shows “summarise” 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 | summarise |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #47,359 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “summarise”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around summarise, averb. Corpus frequency is #47,359 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative form of summarize.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for summarise, with forms such as "smumarise", "ssummarise", and "sumamrise". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "summarize", "submarine", "summarily", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From summ(ary) + -arise. The correct English form is summarise, spelled S-U-M-M-A-R-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of summarize.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how summarise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
These tasks may be summarised as comprising the maintenance and improvement of railway services and facilities during a transitional period; the reorganising of systems of management and technical practices, so as to secure maximum efficiency and economy from the fusion of four major railway systems (using for these purposes all the resources and traditio…
Before summarising his report, Beeching looks at other factors "influencing the future role of the railways".
Etymology
From summ(ary) + -arise.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- smumarise
- ssummarise
- sumamrise
- sumarise
- summairse
- summaries
- summarisse
- summarrise
- summarsie
- summraise
- usmmarise
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of summarise - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "summarise", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).