Sorry, I wasn't clear what I meant with cauterize and crystallize.  I
didn't mean that the -ise endings were wrong, just that they are not the
most common spellings.  Presumably a spelling checker should allow
either.  At the moment, the Ubuntu dictionary only allows the less
common -ise form.

On the -ize endings in general, it's a difficult call.  The OED lists
-ize endings, but they don't seem to be in very common use these days.
I could agree with a dictionary that included the -ise endings only, or
one that included both -ise and -ize, I think.

Wiktionary seems to do quite a good job of indicating British spellings.
I wonder if there is a way of extracting the information from there,
rather than trying to do an automated conversion of an American
dictionary into a British one.

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