vocalise
/ˈvəʊkəlaɪz/verb, noun
vocalise is a verb meaning “Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of vocalize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-O-C-A-L-I-S-E, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vocalise mean?
verb
- 1
UKNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of vocalize.
noun
- 1
A vocal exercise performed by singing one or more vowels without actually forming any words.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vocalise?
- /ˈvəʊkəlaɪz/
As a noun (“A vocal exercise performed by singing one or more vowels…”): /vəʊkəˈliːz/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vocalise
- vocalises present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- vocalising participle, present
- vocalised participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vocalise?
Vocalise appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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).
Where does vocalise come from?
From vocal + -ise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).