“Demobilization” or “Demobilisation”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “demobilization” and 2 prefer “demobilisation”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	demobilization	demobilisation	Preference
United States	99	1	“demobilization”
United Kingdom	35	65	“demobilisation”
India	74	26	“demobilization”
Philippines	100	0	“demobilization”
Canada	82	18	“demobilization”
Australia	33	67	“demobilisation”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	0	0	Not enough data
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.

“demobilization”

…continued operating after the AUC demobilization process are referred to as…
After demobilization, he created many realistic scenes…
…return for, mainly, their verified demobilization, concentration within a specific geographic…
…private in the until his demobilization in 1912.
At demobilization on November 8, 1865, White…
After demobilization, Izgiyayev went to school and…
…returned to the CGT after demobilization and Brion accepted a subordinate
…commission for the purpose of demobilization of the war effort was…
After demobilization, he took over management of…
…the United States and subsequent demobilization.

“demobilisation”

…were reinstated as part of demobilisation
…to peacetime, tackling problems of demobilisation, shortages of foreign currency, and…
Lt-Col A.H Birchall at demobilisation
…World War and the slow demobilisation of service personnel.
…allied troops prior to their demobilisation.
…back to Australia individually for demobilisation based upon a formal points
Demobilisation began early in 1919, and…
After demobilisation, he was transferred to Great…
Shortly afterwards the demobilisation process began and members from…
…in order to supervise the demobilisation process, the District was subdivided…

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