“Analyzing” or “Analysing”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “analyzing” and 6 prefer “analysing”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	analyzing	analysing	Preference
United States	96	4	“analyzing”
United Kingdom	16	84	“analysing”
India	47	53	“analysing”
Philippines	94	6	“analyzing”
Canada	82	18	“analyzing”
Australia	16	84	“analysing”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	24	76	“analysing”
New Zealand	27	73	“analysing”
Jamaica	65	35	“analyzing”
Trinidad & Tobago	49	51	“analysing”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“analyzing”

…an entire inboard laboratory for analyzing the soil and rocks on
This can be done by analyzing the critical points of using…
…of image processing tools for analyzing neuroimaging data, which is routinely…
…to guess how much without analyzing further.
Analyzing the portrayal of these apes…
…"EMI") that is capable of analyzing and generalizing from existing music…
…robots of the world after analyzing its performance.
Analyzing the requirements of the commodity,…
Analyzing 176 large and midsized cities,…
…value of computer simulation in analyzing systems.

“analysing”

…Pakistan methods for four weeks, analysing their individual skills at controlling…
…such as tanks, showed that analysing images for convexity by looking…
(2009) Analysing Networked Learning Practices in Higher…
…deal of work goes into analysing capital markets and predicting their…
…an issue to Unger's work, analysing his three volume publication Politics:…
…Chinese studies earning master for analysing Han Fei, a Chinese philosopher,…
…facts is in charge of analysing and syntesing data collected from…
…Economist on May 22, 2013, analysing the legal implications of publicly…
…late 3rd century BC by analysing the stratigraphic layer of peat…
…of "alternative sociology", based on analysing literature as well as performing…

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