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“Acclimatized” or “Acclimatised”

Acclimatized is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while acclimatised is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “acclimatized” and 3 prefer “acclimatised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country acclimatized acclimatised Preference
United States 96 4 “acclimatized”
United Kingdom 24 76 “acclimatised”
India 50 50 No clear preference
Philippines 100 0 “acclimatized”
Canada 100 0 “acclimatized”
Australia 18 82 “acclimatised”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 0 0 Not enough data
New Zealand 0 100 “acclimatised”
Jamaica 0 0 Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago 0 0 Not enough data
Guyana 0 0 Not enough data
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“acclimatized”

  • …the 5 vehicles as they acclimatized walking up through the Shcherbakov…
  • …them enough time to get acclimatized to the High Altitude and…
  • …needed for them to become acclimatized.
  • …another point B, within an acclimatized and protected interior.
  • …a few weeks as he acclimatized to the new surroundings.
  • …see whether their bodies have acclimatized to the conditions.
  • Révai was a grammarian who acclimatized the analysing of words according…
  • …help North American audiences get acclimatized to the nature of serial…
  • …has also been planted and acclimatized in Spain.
  • While some birds have acclimatized themselves to living near humans,…

“acclimatised”

  • The drivers became acclimatised to the conditions and were…
  • …Kong and while there was acclimatised to Hong Kong's Octopus Transit…
  • …dry spell where he further acclimatised to regular top level competition…
  • …took over as Governor being acclimatised to the island's harsh tropical
  • …the advantage of being fully acclimatised by the Second Test.
  • …skilled sight-reader, and being well acclimatised to each of his three…
  • …by nightly raids, were growing acclimatised to ruin."
  • …seven months during which he acclimatised to the Texan weather and…
  • …stand lower temperatures however if acclimatised, though it will stay rather…
  • …by nightly raids, were growing acclimatised to ruin."

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