“Acclimatization” or “Acclimatisation”

Language

Acclimatization and acclimatisation are both English terms.

Usage

Acclimatization is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while acclimatisation is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term	US	UK	India	Philippines	Canada	Australia	Liberia	Ireland	New Zealand	Jamaica	Trinidad & Tobago	Guyana
acclimatization	99	56	84	100	100	39	0	0	30	0	0	0
acclimatisation	1	44	16	0	0	61	0	0	70	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "acclimatization" over "acclimatisation" (99 to 1).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a preference for "acclimatization" over "acclimatisation" (56 to 44).
• In India, there is a preference for "acclimatization" over "acclimatisation" (84 to 16).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "acclimatization" over "acclimatisation" (100 to 0).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "acclimatization" over "acclimatisation" (100 to 0).
• In Australia, there is a 61 to 39 preference for "acclimatisation" over "acclimatization".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "acclimatization" and "acclimatisation".
• In Ireland, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "acclimatization" and "acclimatisation".
• In New Zealand, there is a 70 to 30 preference for "acclimatisation" over "acclimatization".
• In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "acclimatization" and "acclimatisation".
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "acclimatization" and "acclimatisation".
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "acclimatization" and "acclimatisation".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use acclimatization or acclimatisation with sample sentences.

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