TO REALISE / TO REALIZE

Albinario111Hi everyone. What is the correct spelling? To realise or to realize? I've seen them both.

Both are correct.

Many years ago, 'realise' was the BrE version. However, 'realize' is now also correct in BrE; 'realize' is the only correct form in AmE.

Sorry Yoong Liat, but "realise" is not correct. You may see words such as organize written as "organise", but this also is incorrect. Just as people will also mispronounce words. The most recent, and really grating, is people on TV sounding so serious and intelligent, and then saying CON-trib-ute,instead of con-TRIB-ute. The noun is CON-tri-BU-tion, but the verb is con-TRIB-ute.

Seems a variant, mentioned in this dictionary:
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Main Entry: re·al·ise
Pronunciation: like REALIZE
chiefly Britain
variant ofREALIZE


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Regrettably, one of the ways in which British grammar and spelling has changed over the centuries is because mistakes in grammar or spelling have become so common, that they are accepted as a variant. I shudder to think that soon, CON-tribute will also be regarded as "acceptably"!!!
As I see it, if they are learning English for the first time, let's teach them the spelling and pronunciation o

AnonymousRegrettably, one of the ways in which British grammar and spelling has changed over the centuries is because mistakes in grammar or spelling have become so common, that they are accepted as a variant.

Realise derives from the French réaliser, which wasn't spelled with a z. It entered the English langua

TerryxpressSorry Yoong Liat, but "realise" is not correct. You may see words such as organize written as "organise", but this also is incorrect. Just as people will also mispronounce words. The most recent, and really grating, is people on TV sounding so serious and intelligent, and then saying CON-trib-ute,instead of con-TRIB-ute. The noun is CON-tri-BU-tion, but the ver

0 Actually folks, you are confusing a variation in British spelling with the variation between British and American English. The -ize ending is a variant of British English spelling preferred by the Oxford University Press (and I believe until recent years by The Times). Hence it appears as the first choic in the OALD mentioned in an earlier post. The whole issue is summarised in Wikipedia und

0 Realise is correct in BrE. 0-

Neeraj JainRealise is correct in BrE.

You're behind time. Can you read please read my post above yours.

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