Adviser?

[Aubrey Nicole]

Is "Adviser" a word? Because I definitely thought that the only way to spell it was "Advisor". Unless "Adviser" is a different word. Does someone want to help me here? It's been bothering me for the past three days. Thanks for any help!  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

According to Dictionary.com, it's a word.

ad·vis·er /ædˈvaɪzər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ad-vahy-zer] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. one who gives advice.
2. Education. a teacher responsible for advising students on academic matters.
3. a fortuneteller.
Also, ad·vi·sor.

[Origin: 1605–15; advise + -er1]

—Related forms
ad·vis·er·ship, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.  

[play it loud]

Both are right.

It's just like the Americanisation of the word, similar to "socialise" or "socialize".  

[Aubrey Nicole]

Thank you. I suppose I'm just used to seeing "Advisor" (is that the American word? I'm American, by the way), and when I saw it spelled with an "e", I was confused.  

[[Mammon]]

dorkifiedchick

...is that the American word? I'm American, by the way), and when I saw it spelled with an "e", I was confused.

Since www.m-w.com wasn't too specific about who uses adviser and who uses advisor I decided to google adviser.

Interesting result number one: google will actually bring back results for both advisor and adviser.

Interesting result number two: Based on the first page of search results all of the pages that actually use -iser are .ca or .uk realms and so I'm guessing that this form is more commonly used in the British style of English and that -isor is the American version.