“Apologize” or “Apologise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 8 prefer “apologize” and 4 prefer “apologise”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	apologize	apologise	Preference
United States	94	6	“apologize”
United Kingdom	36	64	“apologise”
India	84	16	“apologize”
Philippines	93	7	“apologize”
Canada	91	9	“apologize”
Australia	36	64	“apologise”
Liberia	100	0	“apologize”
Ireland	43	57	“apologise”
New Zealand	43	57	“apologise”
Jamaica	84	16	“apologize”
Trinidad & Tobago	77	23	“apologize”
Guyana	100	0	“apologize”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“apologize”

Moreover, while The Daily Illini apologized when it published a photo…
He would apologize for a blog post during…
…shortcomings and mistakes I both apologize and from them beg forgiveness."
…he would "rather die than apologize" to Materazzi for the headbutt…
…he released a new single, "Apologize", and announced his second EP,…
…check in with her and apologize for the incident, believing it…
…State coach Chris Petersen to apologize on September 5.
He tries to apologize, saying he has been under…
…to earn back trust and apologize to people for the rest…
…to leave her hand and apologize, but the king was too…

“apologise”

…by his future self to apologise to Conner but the younger…
…goes to the store to apologise to the manager, only to…
…Shan ordered Huang Hao to apologise to Jiang Wei.
…well and knows when to apologise.
He proceeds to apologise, and tells her that he…
…on the condition that Supinya apologise for her comments.
Noah arrives and attempts to apologise to her by offering her…
…withdraw his previous remarks or apologise to Karim and that the…
…demanded that the company publicly apologise to the family "through widely-read…
…and they are forced to apologise.

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