Analize or analyze?
Did you mean analyze? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: analyze. Misspelling: analize.
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Memory tip
Keep the Y from analysis: anal-Y-ze. British English writes analyse.
Why people write “analize”
The misspelling “analize” is only one letter off: it uses I in place of Y; the two letters can sound alike here.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make analyze automatic.
Other misspellings of “analyze”
People also write “anaylze”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“anaylze”
Correct spelling: analyze. Misspelling: anaylze.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “anaylze” is only one letter off: it swaps the order of L and Y.
What does “analyze” mean?
analyze verb
- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
“analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare”
- make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
“analyze a specimen”
- break down into components or essential features
“analyze today's financial market”
Synonyms:analyse
- subject to psychoanalytic treatment
“I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist”
Synonyms:analysepsychoanalyzepsychoanalyse
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Analyze” in a sentence
- Let's analyze the results.
- Analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare.
- Analyze a specimen.
- Analyze today's financial market.
Is “analyze” a playable word?
19 points in Scrabble · 20 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“analize” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ANALYZE.