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 had to actually make something happen
2 RECOGNIZED (VVN) 268568
as one of North America’s
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