What is the correct spelling advertise or advertize?

Answer 1

Either spelling is correct. The spelling "advertise" is the British spelling whereas the spelling "advertize" is the American spelling of the word. The same is true for words like organise/organize, recognise/recognize, or realise/realize. The former in these cases is British, the latter American. Some confusion may occur as often a spell check system will accept only one of these and is not always consistent as to which it preferences.

Answer 2

This is one way to pronounce it:

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=advertisement&submit=Submit. To me, this sounds more like a british pronunciation, but I couldn't find any pronunciation that I would consider standard American english. The difference would be that I put the emphasis on the third syllable as opposed to the second syllable. However, the pronunciation given in this example is sometimes used in America as well.

Answer 3

Either spelling is correct. The spelling "advertise" is the British spelling whereas the spelling "advertize" is the American spelling of the word. The same is true for words like organise/organize, recognise/recognize, or realise/realize. The former in these cases is British, the latter American. Some confusion may occur as often a spell check system will accept only one of these and is not always consistent as to which it preferences.

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Answer 4

Break the word down like this:

ad-ver-tise-ment

Now try to say it like that.

Good Luck!

American emphasize the 2nd sylable: ad-VER-tise-ment.

English emphasize the 3rd sylable: ad-ver-TIS-ment.

Answer 5

Well-spoken Americans say ADvertisement; the British use adVERtisement; avoid saying adverTISEment

Answer 6

'Advertisement' is the correct English spelling.

Answer 7

Good Q & A. adverTisement is generally American, and adVertisement is a variant that has roots in England/Europe.