“Apologized” or “Apologised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	apologized	apologised	Preference
United States	96	4	“apologized”
United Kingdom	22	78	“apologised”
India	69	31	“apologized”
Philippines	100	0	“apologized”
Canada	90	10	“apologized”
Australia	25	75	“apologised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	33	67	“apologised”
New Zealand	26	74	“apologised”
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.

“apologized”

Moreover, while The Daily Illini apologized when it published a photo…
…a press conference where Faizal apologized to all who were offended…
…April 8, 2013 Walli Mujahidh apologized and was sentenced to 17…
Whelan apologized to the blogger for the…
…the LA Times retracted and apologized for a story which had…
…to his former secretary and apologized, however claimed that it was
…of Indian Affairs (BIA) formally apologized for the agency's participation in…
…Resolution, the U.S. government officially apologized to the Native Hawaiian people,…
Rukmini apologized on her father's behalf and…
Frum apologized on The Atlantic.

“apologised”

…that the Education Secretary had apologised with "grace" for it.
…execution and the king later apologised and recognised them as saints.
She apologised to victims' families, saying that…
He also apologised to Chechnya's elected president and…
On the same day, Conway apologised on the floor of the…
In September 2018, Thompson apologised after the Advertising Standards Authority…
He later apologised in parliament for the personal
The WICB later apologised for the incident.
Corbyn apologised for the actions of previous…
…2013, Hungarian President János Áder apologised in Belgrade for the war…

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