“Authorizing” or “Authorising”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	authorizing	authorising	Preference
United States	99	1	“authorizing”
United Kingdom	15	85	“authorising”
India	51	49	“authorizing”
Philippines	100	0	“authorizing”
Canada	100	0	“authorizing”
Australia	17	83	“authorising”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	100	“authorising”
New Zealand	0	100	“authorising”
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.

“authorizing”

…British Articles of War, and authorizing the creation of court martials.
…the secretary of the Navy authorizing the mission to proceed.
…a gun violence restraining order authorizing the police to confiscate a…
…territory to refer any Bill authorizing the construction of new railways…
…document signed by Andrew Johnson authorizing Seward to negotiate for the…
Enabling Act of 1802, authorizing residents of the eastern portion…
Raymond Gary signed the bill authorizing the name change passed by…
Beginning in FY2004, the authorizing statute provides for the program…
…a ballot measure in 2000 authorizing a bond measure for construction…
…group named by Congress in authorizing legislation, who then tried to…

“authorising”

The Act of Parliament authorising the WS&WR had stipulated that…
…police operations and organisation by authorising the maintenance of the Indian…
…been cut out of the authorising Act.
…April 1567 signed a warrant authorising the Lords to sign the
While authorising private establishments, this article thus…
…Council adopted the Resolution 1484 authorising the deployment of an Interim…
…1833 partially satisfied Catholics by authorising private teaching in primary education,…
The consequent legislation authorising the French President Jules Grévy…
…is necessary to meet the authorising body's insolvency experience requirements.
An Act of Parliament authorising the takeover was obtained in…

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