“Anglicized” or “Anglicised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “anglicized” and 5 prefer “anglicised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	anglicized	anglicised	Preference
United States	87	13	“anglicized”
United Kingdom	17	83	“anglicised”
India	29	71	“anglicised”
Philippines	74	26	“anglicized”
Canada	85	15	“anglicized”
Australia	21	79	“anglicised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	100	“anglicised”
New Zealand	0	100	“anglicised”
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.

“anglicized”

…alternate name, "Skedans", is an anglicized mispronunciation of the family's hereditary…
…coming to Utah Territory he anglicized his name to Andrew Jenson…
…lifelong sobriquet: "Bob Fields" (an anglicized word-to-word rendering of his actual
It is either an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Ó…
…names are presented in their anglicized, Russian, or both Ukrainian and…
…named after which was itself anglicized as Elmire Street, however it…
His last name is an anglicized version of his birth name,…
…in Sweden (Vargo is an anglicized alternate spelling without diacritics)
…Mac Uighilín (son of Hugelin) Anglicized as McQuillan.
…is often connected with the anglicized surname Mackesy, O'Mackesy, O'Mackesey, Mackessy,…

“anglicised”

…Woulfe, Mac Alsandair, and associated Anglicised forms, are also of Scottish
…of a contrast with the anglicised speech of the Scottish capital,…
Though the spelling may be anglicised, much of the usage of…
…the Gorsedd for being too Anglicised.
…were established by Heinrich Kloepper—later anglicised to Henry Klopper—who arrived at…
…Fife (1204–1228), or Maol Choluim anglicised as Malcolm, was one of…
…bears traditional name Mekbuda, usually anglicised to .
…influence is raised by the anglicised American, British MP Chips Channon…
…either a French or an anglicised form: for example, a cross…
Eóghan Mág Samhradháin (anglicised Owen McGovern) was chief of…

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