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Rule "Oxford spelling is/iz"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	Oxford spelling is/iz
Message:	<pleasespellme/>Would you like to use the Oxford spelling <suggestion><pleasespellme/>\1</suggestion>? The spelling '\1' is also correct.
Category:	British English, Oxford spelling (~iz~ not ~is~) (ID: BRE_STYLE_OXFORD_SPELLING)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/ise-ize/
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	The word 'organisation' is not the Oxford spelling. Correction suggestion: organization The word 'Organisations' is not the Oxford spelling. Correction suggestion: Organizations 'Americanisation' is NNP. Correction suggestion: Americanization 'Americanisations' is NNPS. Correction suggestion: Americanizations Most of the surviving paperwork, up until 1986, for successful naturalisations is now held at The National Archives (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/naturalisation-british-citizenship/). Correction suggestion: naturalizations 'Demutualisations: LT gives a spelling warning for demutualizations. BUT LT also suggests the Oxford spelling although the suggestion uses suppress_misspelled="yes". Why? Correction suggestion: Demutualizations de-energisation Correction suggestion: de-energization de-energisations has no postag. Correction suggestion: de-energizations The word 'moderniser' is not the Oxford spelling. Correction suggestion: modernizer The word 'Modernisers' is not the Oxford spelling. Correction suggestion: Modernizers The word 'Americaniser' has the postag NNP (and NN). Thus, do not use an NNP exception. Correction suggestion: Americanizer The word 'magnetisability' is not the Oxford spelling. Correction suggestion: magnetizability The word 'Magnetisability' is not the Oxford spelling. Correction suggestion: Magnetizability This effect (polarisability) is shown to be... Correction suggestion: polarizability
Correct sentences for comparison:	The word 'organization' is the Oxford spelling. The word 'organizations' is the Oxford spelling. 'ORGANISATION. All capitalised nouns are out of scope because the suggestion is ~ise. These words are always spelled with ~isation: improvisation/improvisations Dans l'organisation de ces autonomies, la Belgique a réalisé... year=2009 \|publisher=L'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie 'World Health Organization' uses ~z, but the 'Organisation of Islamic Cooperation' uses ~s. The word 'modernizer' is the Oxford spelling. The word 'Modernizers' is the Oxford spelling. Make sure that the regexp is correct. These are all ~iser nouns: advertiser, advertisers, adviser, advisers, appraiser, appraisers, battlecruiser, battlecruisers, bruiser, bruisers, chastiser, chastisers, circumciser, circumcisers, compromiser, compromisers, curtain-raiser, curtain-raisers, despiser, despisers, deviser, devisers, disfranchiser, disfranchisers, disguiser, disguisers, dispraiser, dispraisers, enfranchiser, enfranchisers, exerciser, exercisers, franchiser, franchisers, fundraiser, fundraisers, hellraiser, hell-raiser, hellraisers, hell-raisers, improviser, improvisers, kaiser, kaisers, merchandiser, merchandisers, mortiser, mortisers, paralyser, paralysers, poiser, poisers, practiser, practisers, praiser, praisers, promiser, promisers, raiser, raisers, reappraiser, reappraisers, repriser, reprisers, reviser, revisers, riser, risers, surmiser, surmisers, surpriser, surprisers, upraiser, upraisers, upriser, uprisers 'MODERNISER. All capitalised nouns are out of scope because the suggestion is ~ise. The Stratocruiser set a new standard for luxurious air travel (www.boeing.com/history/products/model-377-stratocruiser.page). The word 'magnetizability' is the Oxford spelling. Refer to www.example.com/polarisability.html. Make sure that the regexp is correct. These are all ~isability nouns: advisability, disability, disabilities, inadvisability 'MAGNETISABILITY. All capitalised nouns are out of scope because the suggestion is ~ise.
ID:	OXFORD_SPELLING_Z_NOT_S [1]
Version:	6.7-SNAPSHOT (2025-05-12 22:33:09 +0200)