“Criticize” or “Criticise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	criticize	criticise	Preference
United States	94	6	“criticize”
United Kingdom	24	76	“criticise”
India	65	35	“criticize”
Philippines	93	7	“criticize”
Canada	86	14	“criticize”
Australia	34	66	“criticise”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	36	64	“criticise”
New Zealand	33	67	“criticise”
Jamaica	100	0	“criticize”
Trinidad & Tobago	77	23	“criticize”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“criticize”

…the "Cellared in Canada" designation criticize the practice as misleading consumers,…
…as colleagues, Sorokin would heavily criticize Parsons works due to having…
…review, Jong goes on to criticize the game's "weak puzzles ...…
However, the Arc continued to criticize the film as containing hate…
…favorably portray the MLPA and criticize UNITA in a manner similar…
|title=UNC board members criticize leaders' handling of Silent Sam
…a journalist, Timerman continued to criticize the government of Israel for…
…(, ) uses gu to criticize Confucius, who "dresses elaborately and…
Both he and Harris criticize the camera controlling; Kitts says…
That's not meant to criticize Taylor's earlier efforts.

“criticise”

…there may be grounds to criticise the Spur group (Ervin Eisch,…
However, unlike other Socialists, they criticise Marx often and they consider…
…in the same time to criticise it for not being a…
…is all but impossible to criticise this novel; that would be…
…the UK cabinet sought to criticise Jones.
Dèr Mouw, among others, to criticise him sharply.
…of Article 227 in Tunisia criticise the “second assault on a…
…and easier to understand and criticise.
…such as the Frankfurt School criticise mass-manufactured fun as too calculated…
Anarcho-syndicalists and other socialists who criticise wage slavery, e.g.

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