“Authorize” or “Authorise”

Language

Authorize and authorise are both English terms.

Usage

Authorize is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while authorise is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term	US	UK	India	Philippines	Canada	Australia	Liberia	Ireland	New Zealand	Jamaica	Trinidad & Tobago	Guyana
authorize	99	27	62	96	94	37	0	42	43	100	100	0
authorise	1	73	38	4	6	63	0	58	57	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "authorize" over "authorise" (99 to 1).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a 73 to 27 preference for "authorise" over "authorize".
• In India, there is a preference for "authorize" over "authorise" (62 to 38).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "authorize" over "authorise" (96 to 4).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "authorize" over "authorise" (94 to 6).
• In Australia, there is a 63 to 37 preference for "authorise" over "authorize".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "authorize" and "authorise".
• In Ireland, there is a 58 to 42 preference for "authorise" over "authorize".
• In New Zealand, there is a 57 to 43 preference for "authorise" over "authorize".
• In Jamaica, there is a preference for "authorize" over "authorise" (100 to 0).
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is a preference for "authorize" over "authorise" (100 to 0).
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "authorize" and "authorise".

Examples

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