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“Capitalized” or “Capitalised”

Language

Capitalized and capitalised are both English terms.

Usage

Capitalized is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while capitalised 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
capitalized 100 58 58 99 98 51 0 69 59 100 100 0
capitalised 0 42 42 1 2 49 0 31 41 0 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "capitalized" over "capitalised" (100 to 0).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a preference for "capitalized" over "capitalised" (58 to 42).
  • In India, there is a preference for "capitalized" over "capitalised" (58 to 42).
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "capitalized" over "capitalised" (99 to 1).
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "capitalized" over "capitalised" (98 to 2).
  • In Australia, there is a preference for "capitalized" over "capitalised" (51 to 49).
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "capitalized" and "capitalised".
  • In Ireland, there is a preference for "capitalized" over "capitalised" (69 to 31).
  • In New Zealand, there is a preference for "capitalized" over "capitalised" (59 to 41).
  • In Jamaica, there is a preference for "capitalized" over "capitalised" (100 to 0).
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is a preference for "capitalized" over "capitalised" (100 to 0).
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "capitalized" and "capitalised".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use capitalized or capitalised with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “capitalized”

  • with the megaphone and Giant capitalized by delivering a Chokeslam to
  • In the same year, Carrian capitalized on its notoriety by acquiring
  • got the ball back and capitalized on a Chad Kelly touchdown
  • allowed if the costs were capitalized and amortized, with adjustments,
  • the Impact Racing corporate umbrella capitalized on constant product development, enhanced
  • words "state railways" are not capitalized because Prussia did not have
  • but unfortunately he has not capitalized this aspect in weaving an
  • letter of the sentence is capitalized, and all others are lower
  • Beaumont, Texas, whose family money capitalized Nazro's ventures.
  • Roberts capitalized on Russo's illness and a

Examples of “capitalised”

  • Lady Rochford, Anne's sister-in-law), who capitalised on the king's disillusionment with
  • case with the first letter capitalised, others not.
  • of Rhodesia and Nyasaland that capitalised on existing popular discontent with
  • Visual Basic keywords are the capitalised versions of the C# keywords,
  • of an ethnic Chinese who capitalised on his ethnicity to create
  • which the sons of Ailéan capitalised upon the resulting power vacuum.
  • "rickettsia", plural "rickettsias", usually not capitalised, commonly applies to any members
  • Leopards then capitalised on Gor Mahia's exposed defence,
  • stylised as ShiGGa Shay, the capitalised "GG" representing "Grizzle Grind"), is
  • and a good Wolves side capitalised on the mistakes.


(Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license.)


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