British English would usually use "-our" and "-ser" and American English would use "-or" and "-zer".
I don't seem to find an appropriate answer to this. Which combination is actually correct for British and for American English.
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2In British English, -ise verbs tend to be spelled with -orise, not -ourise, even when they're related to nouns ending in -our. A similar question: Is “vapourise” considered incorrect, even in British English? – herisson Apr 26 '19 at 10:45
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In British English it's normally spelt either "deodorant" or "air freshener" depending on whether you want to deodorise a person or a room.
Apparently, according to Collins, "deodorizer" and "deodoriser" are both acceptable in British English, but I can't say I've ever heard of them in 30-something years of living in South East England.
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I'm not sure why you couldn't find the answer in a dictionary.
For British English it can (like most use-/ize words) be either:
deodorize
(dioʊdəraɪz ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense deodorizes , present participle deodorizing , past tense, past participle deodorized
REGIONAL NOTE:
in BRIT, also use deodorise
In US English, it is deodorize:
deodorize verb
de·odor·ize | \ dē-ˈō-də-ˌrīz \
deodorized; deodorizing; deodorizes
And it is never spelt with ou.