-ized (suffix) – English Grammar Profiler

Suffixes are letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or grammatical function.

When words end in ‘ized‘ they are past simple verbs, past participle verbs or adjectives.  If we look at the clearly tagged words below:

(jj): 22 adjectives (vvn): 17 past participles

(vvd): 9 past simple

Here are iWeb results of a search for:

*ized

1 REALIZED (VVD) 287790

I realized that 

I had to actually make something happen 

on my own.

American Animals

2 RECOGNIZED (VVN) 268568

He has been recognized

 as one of North America’s 

leading clinicians.

Dead Ringers

3 SPECIALIZED (JJ) 178620 4 ORGANIZED (VVN) 154782 5 AUTHORIZED (VVN) 117063 6 AUTHORIZED (JJ) 116516 7 PERSONALIZED (JJ@) 113286 8 UNAUTHORIZED (JJ) 108529 9 CHARACTERIZED (VVN) 107235 10 RECOGNIZED (VVN_VVD) 95797 11 UTILIZED (VVN) 79983 12 CUSTOMIZED (JJ@) 77665 13 REALIZED (VVN) 76765 14 SIZED (JJ@) 75918 15 ORGANIZED (VVN_VVD) 75785 16 ORGANIZED (JJ@) 72661 17 STANDARDIZED (JJ) 66843 18 REALIZED (VVD_VVN) 65400 19 RECOGNIZED (VVD) 52149 20 SIZED (JJ@_VVN) 51524 21 OPTIMIZED (VVN) 50449 22 CENTRALIZED (JJ) 47503 23 ORGANIZED (VVD_VVN) 46642 24 SEIZED (VVN) 44921 25 RECOGNIZED (VVD_VVN) 41820 26 SIZED (VVN) 41565 27 RECOGNIZED (JJ@) 38726 28 REALIZED (VVN_VVD) 38631 29 MEDIUM-SIZED (JJ) 38405 30 OVERSIZED (JJ@) 37991 31 CRITICIZED (VVN) 33910 32 OPTIMIZED (JJ) 33759 33 SIZED (VVN_JJ@_VVD@) 32371 34 AUTHORIZED (VVN_JJ) 32070 35 CUSTOMIZED (VVN@) 31945 36 CIVILIZED (JJ) 30221 37 COMPUTERIZED (JJ) 29600 38 EMPHASIZED (VVN) 28920 39 ORGANIZED (VVD) 27928 40 LOCALIZED (JJ) 27208 41 INDIVIDUALIZED (JJ@) 26811 42 GENERALIZED (JJ) 26141 43 PERSONALIZED (JJ@_VVD) 24395 44 SEIZED (VVD_VVN) 23964a 45 RECOGNIZED (VVN_JJ@_VVD) 23959 46 BAPTIZED (VVN) 23399 47 PERSONALIZED (VVD_JJ@) 23063 48 PRIZED (JJ) 23012 49 EMPHASIZED (VVD) 22153 50 SUMMARIZED (VVN) 22064 51 SIZED (VVN_JJ@) 21697 52 UTILIZED (VVN_VVD) 20447 53 AUTHORIZED (JJ_VVN) 19234 54 GALVANIZED (JJ) 19202 55 SEIZED (VVD) 18569 56 OPTIMIZED (VVN_JJ) 18354 57 FULL-SIZED (JJ) 17359 58 APOLOGIZED (VVD) 16585 59 HOSPITALIZED (VVN@) 16119 60 SEIZED (VVN_VVD) 16031 61 CATEGORIZED (VVN@) 15780 62 RANDOMIZED (JJ@) 15440 63 CUSTOMIZED (VVD_JJ@) 15299 64 DECENTRALIZED (JJ) 15236 65 CUSTOMIZED (JJ@_VVD) 15234 66 EMPHASIZED (VVD_VVN) 15157 67 SPECIALIZED (JJ_VVN) 14940 68 ORGANIZED (JJ@_VVN) 14904 69 INDUSTRIALIZED (JJ) 14893 70 MOTORIZED (JJ@) 14661 71 PERSONALIZED (JJ) 14177 72 FINALIZED (VVN@) 13878 73 SPECIALIZED (VVN) 13803 74 SPECIALIZED (JJ_VVD) 13435 75 CUSTOMIZED (VVN) 13188 76 STYLIZED (JJ) 13133 77 CRITICIZED (VVD) 13101 78 AUTHORIZED (VVN_VVD@) 12914 79 RECOGNIZED (VVN_VVD_JJ@) 12198 80 MID-SIZED (JJ@) 12000 81 UTILIZED (VVD_VVN) 11365 82 CRITICIZED (VVD_VVN) 11178 83 CRITICIZED (VVN_VVD) 11141 84 SIZED (VVN_VVD@) 11137 85 UNRECOGNIZED (JJ) 10820 86 OPTIMIZED (JJ_VVN) 10555 87 ORGANIZED (VVN_JJ@_VVD) 10532 88 ORGANIZED (JJ@_VVD_VVN) 10417 89 ORGANIZED (VVN_JJ@) 10274 90 BITE-SIZED (JJ) 10132 91 UNDERSIZED (JJ) 10075 92 UTILIZED (VVD) 10055 93 PRIZED (VVN) 10039 94 SUBSIDIZED (JJ@) 10007 95 CUSTOMIZED (VVD) 9865 96 OVERSIZED (VVD_JJ@) 9612 97 PENALIZED (VVN@) 9044 98 CATEGORIZED (VVN) 9041 99 UNSUBSIDIZED (JJ) 8951

100 ORGANIZED (VVN_VVD_JJ@) 8820