“Crystallize” or “Crystallise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 8 prefer “crystallize” and 1 prefer “crystallise”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	crystallize	crystallise	Preference
United States	98	2	“crystallize”
United Kingdom	57	43	“crystallize”
India	77	23	“crystallize”
Philippines	100	0	“crystallize”
Canada	96	4	“crystallize”
Australia	59	41	“crystallize”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	47	53	“crystallise”
New Zealand	100	0	“crystallize”
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“crystallize”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“crystallize”

Plagioclase starts to crystallize from the magma of Pele's…
…the point where it will crystallize about 60% to 65%, then…
The substance can also crystallize in alternate monoclinic form.
…Turkic culture that would later crystallize into the Ottoman Empire under…
…minerals have had time to crystallize) and not with any of…
…and those discussions helped to crystallize Mecherle's idea of starting "an…
…the music video for Stirling's "Crystallize".
…went on to isolate and crystallize the active agent in 1926,…
…magma chamber to fail and crystallize underground.
…isomorphic series, meaning that they crystallize in similar forms, producing a…

“crystallise”

…and not allow it to crystallise.
…between civil partners do not crystallise a capital gain, but instead…
…silicate magmas which will eventually crystallise a relatively small proportion of…
…led Erik Blom (1942) to crystallise these musical traits (also shown…
…there are gang rivalries which crystallise into a conflict between blacks…
…2D, so that jellium would crystallise before itinerant ferromagnetism occurs.
…of dispositifs, the mechanisms that crystallise relationships of power-knowledge into institutions,…
…= Li, Na, K, Rb) crystallise in the antifluorite structure.
…minerals of general formulation which crystallise in the cubic (isometric) crystal…
…of Nigerian oil began to crystallise.

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