“Customize” or “Customise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 9 prefer “customize” and 2 prefer “customise”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	customize	customise	Preference
United States	99	1	“customize”
United Kingdom	44	56	“customise”
India	80	20	“customize”
Philippines	98	2	“customize”
Canada	96	4	“customize”
Australia	42	58	“customise”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	51	49	“customize”
New Zealand	52	48	“customize”
Jamaica	92	8	“customize”
Trinidad & Tobago	90	10	“customize”
Guyana	100	0	“customize”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“customize”

…to offer various ways to customize the look and feel of…
…is that the option to customize the cars was poorly realised;…
The player could create tanks, customize and make a variety of…
Psion intends to tailor and customize modular variants of its products…
…both sides, allowing fans to customize who appears on both the…
…Galaxy device to coordinate communications, customize the watch, and download apps…
…enjoyed game's free adventure, characters customize system similar as Wizardry and…
…giving them a way to customize & personalize their profiles with
…axes machine are used to customize the angle of lay for…
…can prioritize and assign work, customize workflows, and communicate with stakeholders…

“customise”

…manage user accounts and permissions, customise the experience (create and play…
In addition, users may customise the color of the borders,…
…open for individual players to customise themselves and not feel restricted…
…such as the ability to customise merchandise and a large amount…
…Walker later went on to customise guitars and establish his own…
…users with the capacity to customise their avatar's clothing and general…
…restricted form of BBCode, to customise their posts and signatures.
…Exclusive – were prepared to customise the A2 in the same…
…each stage the players can customise the characters' three fighting statistics…
…cheapest tablet, is conceptualised to customise education in a way that…

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