“Crystallized” or “Crystallised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 7 prefer “crystallized” and 1 prefer “crystallised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	crystallized	crystallised	Preference
United States	99	1	“crystallized”
United Kingdom	47	53	“crystallised”
India	79	21	“crystallized”
Philippines	98	2	“crystallized”
Canada	97	3	“crystallized”
Australia	55	45	“crystallized”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	57	43	“crystallized”
New Zealand	55	45	“crystallized”
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“crystallized”

…Star Stones are, in fact, crystallized fragments of their lost memories.
(pieces of crystallized quartz used, according to Ravenscroft,…
…is too flexible to be crystallized.
…that the Old Catholic movement crystallized into an organized church, with…
The dissatisfaction crystallized in the 1839 Embrace of…
…all of his blood had crystallized into powder.
…as unstable and lacking a crystallized definition.
…of doripenem for injection, the crystallized powdered drug can form a…
…larger RNA molecules cannot be crystallized if their tertiary structure has…
…cavities of the IIABs and crystallized once the temperature reached the…

“crystallised”

The modern law of conversion crystallised after the case of Fouldes…
…and as cold war tensions crystallised Ochs resigned his Communist Party…
As the dissolved ions crystallised, the mineral matter precipitated out.
…was the first to be crystallised and its structure could therefore…
…nationalism in British-ruled India, Vivekananda crystallised the nationalistic ideal.
The legal difficulties crystallised when a French health insurance…
…if there any particular submission crystallised the film's theme, Macdonald cited…
…Pca21 when the compound was crystallised in the presence of an…
…the Kingdom of Sussex probably crystallised around the 6th and 7th
…are monsters, which manifesting around crystallised Suiki and attack the player…

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