Word-up! OrganiSe or organiZe?
- Ellie Senior
- Sep 27, 2023
- 1 min read
If you're writing a document in Word, putting together a social post on LinkedIn or creating an email in MailChimp, words ending in '-ise' often come up with that evil red-squiggle taunting you from underneath!
So, IS 'organise' spelt incorrectly? It LOOKS right, you think!
Here's the facts...
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🔵 Most verbs with -ise/ize or -yse/yze at the end have Z in the American English spelling.
🔵 In British English, it's standard to use the S spelling.
The Z spelling is listed as an alternative for -ise words in British dictionaries, so technically you could argue either is correct.
BUT if you're writing for a primarily British audience it's probably better to stick with S so your customers don't think you just got it wrong!
It's the same for related nouns too such as, organisation/organization.
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Here's a few examples...
organise / organize / organisation / organization
realise / realize / realisation / realization
recognise / recognize
authorise / authorize / authorisation / authorization
analyse / analyze
Let's hope that cleared it up!