“Authorizing” or “Authorising”

Language

Authorizing and authorising are both English terms.

Usage

Authorizing is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while authorising 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
authorizing	99	15	51	100	100	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
authorising	1	85	49	0	0	83	0	100	100	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "authorizing" over "authorising" (99 to 1).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a 85 to 15 preference for "authorising" over "authorizing".
• In India, there is a preference for "authorizing" over "authorising" (51 to 49).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "authorizing" over "authorising" (100 to 0).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "authorizing" over "authorising" (100 to 0).
• In Australia, there is a 83 to 17 preference for "authorising" over "authorizing".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "authorizing" and "authorising".
• In Ireland, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "authorising" over "authorizing".
• In New Zealand, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "authorising" over "authorizing".
• In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "authorizing" and "authorising".
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "authorizing" and "authorising".
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "authorizing" and "authorising".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use authorizing or authorising with sample sentences.

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