“Characterizing” or “Characterising”

Language

Characterizing and characterising are both English terms.

Usage

Characterizing is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while characterising 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
characterizing	97	42	82	100	100	34	0	0	0	0	0	0
characterising	3	58	18	0	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "characterizing" over "characterising" (97 to 3).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a 58 to 42 preference for "characterising" over "characterizing".
• In India, there is a preference for "characterizing" over "characterising" (82 to 18).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "characterizing" over "characterising" (100 to 0).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "characterizing" over "characterising" (100 to 0).
• In Australia, there is a 66 to 34 preference for "characterising" over "characterizing".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "characterizing" and "characterising".
• In Ireland, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "characterizing" and "characterising".
• In New Zealand, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "characterizing" and "characterising".
• In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "characterizing" and "characterising".
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "characterizing" and "characterising".
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "characterizing" and "characterising".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use characterizing or characterising with sample sentences.

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