“Computerized” or “Computerised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 6 prefer “computerized” and 4 prefer “computerised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	computerized	computerised	Preference
United States	98	2	“computerized”
United Kingdom	28	72	“computerised”
India	55	45	“computerized”
Philippines	98	2	“computerized”
Canada	94	6	“computerized”
Australia	25	75	“computerised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	28	72	“computerised”
New Zealand	40	60	“computerised”
Jamaica	87	13	“computerized”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“computerized”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“computerized”

In addition to its computerized and interactive exhibits, the JCM…
…that missiles, bombers, submarines, and computerized firing systems made escalating any…
Computerized Investing
…topics, and the task of computerized text segmentation may be to…
…hygiene, medical billing and coding, computerized accounting, transcription, court reporting, electrical,…
…teller machine (ATM) is a computerized telecommunications device that provides the…
…are raised in a controlled, computerized environment.
Equipment includes computerized sensors and databases for identifying…
…to insufficient comprehension of its computerized navigational systems.
…stunts and special effects over computerized effects, stating that it "gives…

“computerised”

…internal improvements, which provided a computerised box office, new seats, and…
…meter has been replaced by computerised meter in 1996.
This form of computerised and radio safeworking rendered the…
The entire library is computerised with" Library Management " Software.
…company that developed and sold computerised freight tracking and integrated management…
…2002 performance also using a computerised system, Stockhausen acknowledged the IRCAM…
…record a game: manually and computerised.
…and bookseller, to develop a computerised filing system as part of…
Computerised National Identity Card
…to a climax, and a computerised voice announces the shut-down of…

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