{"id":46,"date":"2022-01-08T11:16:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T11:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mightywords.co\/?p=46"},"modified":"2024-01-30T18:20:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T18:20:54","slug":"words-of-champions-2021-22-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mightywords.co\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"Words of Champions 2021-22 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

-ise vs -ize<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s take a look at all the ‘-ise’ and ‘-ize’ words in the Words of Champions list. As a general rule, “-ize” is two times more common than the “-ize” ending where the syllable is pronounced as “eyes”. So if in doubt, guess “-ize”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, there are a bunch of interesting pronunciations of this suffix; let’s take a closer look at them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The French “-oise” ending – this suffix is pronounced like “was”. Note the pronunciation of Nicoise<\/a> (audio<\/a>) and ardoise<\/a> (audio<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The French “ise” ending is pronounced “eeze”. Note the pronunciations of chemise<\/a> (audio<\/a>) and betise<\/a> (audio<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The French “aise” ending is pronounced “ayze”. Note the words malaise<\/a> (audio<\/a>), liaise<\/a> (audio<\/a>) and praise<\/a> (audio<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Another set of exceptions is: tortoise<\/a> (audio<\/a>) and treatise<\/a> (audio<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. And last set of exceptions is: maize<\/a> (audio<\/a>) and seize<\/a> (audio<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    This leaves us with 6 “-ise” words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. merchandise<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. enfranchise<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. contrariwise<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. chastise<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. exercise<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. thwartwise<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      And 10 “-ize” words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. prize<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. lionize<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. monopolize<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. formalize<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      5. philosophize<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      6. vandalize<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      7. galvanize<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      8. metastasize<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      9. cauterize<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      10. cicatrize<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        -ify vs -efy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Both suffixes are pronounced “uh-fy”. The good news is that “-ify” is way more common than “-efy”, so if in doubt, guess “-ify”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        In the Words of Champions 2021-22, there is only one word that ends with “-efy”: stupefy<\/a> (audio<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        -ible vs -able<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Both suffixes are pronounced “uh-ble”. The words are usually adjectives, but we’ll look at a few notable words that are not adjectives. “-able” is far more common adjective ending and you should guess “-able” if in doubt. Here are the 12 “-ible” words in the Words of Champions. If you memorize these, then you can safely guess “-able” for any adjective ending with this syllable not in this list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The interesting non-adjective words are (they are all nouns):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        1. foible<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. dirigible<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. parable<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          The remaining 10 “-ible” words are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          1. tangible<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. miscible<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          3. combustible<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          4. perceptible<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          5. persuasible<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          6. fungible<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          7. vincible<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          8. submersible<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          9. immiscible<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          10. rescissible<\/a> (audio<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            One helpful trick is that if the root word has a derived word ending with -ion, it will likely go -ible. Thus, because there is a word called combustion, the adjective word would go combustible (not combustable). Similarly, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            1. perception -> perceptible<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            2. persuasion -> persuasible<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            3. submersion -> submersible<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            4. rescission -> rescissible<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              Doesn’t work all the time, but it can offer a clue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              -ise vs -ize Let’s take a look at all the ‘-ise’ and ‘-ize’ words in the Words of Champions list. As a general rule, “-ize” is two times more common than the “-ize” ending where the syllable is pronounced as “eyes”. So if in doubt, guess “-ize”. However, there are a bunch of interesting pronunciations…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-suffixes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mightywords.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mightywords.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mightywords.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mightywords.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mightywords.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mightywords.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mightywords.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mightywords.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mightywords.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mightywords.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}