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Oxford spelling (also Oxford English Dictionary spelling, Oxford style, or Oxford English spelling) is a British spelling standard, named after its use by the Oxford University Press. It uses the letter -z- in the suffix -ize/-ise (in words such as realize and organization) instead of the -s- variant used by other British dictionaries and style guides. This spelling is chosen to more closely reflect its origins in the Greek suffix ‑ίζω (‑ízō).
Oxford spelling is used by many UK-based academic journals (for example, Nature) and many international organizations (for example, the United Nations and its agencies). It is common for academic, formal, and technical writing for an international readership. In digital documents, Oxford spelling may be indicated by the IETF language tag en-GB-oxendict (or historically by en-GB-oed).
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