realize?

It all started when my wife asked me how do you spell "Realize"? I said I thought it was with an s. However, I soon learned that is the British English spelling and not the American one by Webster.

re·al·ize
ˈrē(ə)ˌlīz/
verb
past tense: realised; past participle: realised
1. 1.

   become fully aware of (something) as a fact; understand clearly.

   "he realized his mistake at once"

   synonyms:

   register, perceive, discern, be/become aware of (the fact that),be/become conscious of (the fact that), notice; More

2. 2.

   cause (something desired or anticipated) to happen.

   "our loans are helping small business realize their dreams"

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Translations, word origin, and more definitions
Realise vs. realize - Grammarist
grammarist.com/spelling/realise-realize/
Realise and realize are different spellings of the same word, and both are used to varying degrees throughout the English-speaking world. Realize is the ...
If you want to see where my research eventually led here is the wikipedia article on Noah Webster and his American Dictionary.
• Webster's American Dictionary: First printing 1828...