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“Demobilized” or “Demobilised”

Demobilized is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while demobilised is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “demobilized” and 2 prefer “demobilised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country demobilized demobilised Preference
United States 88 12 “demobilized”
United Kingdom 0 100 “demobilised”
India 68 32 “demobilized”
Philippines 0 0 Not enough data
Canada 100 0 “demobilized”
Australia 0 100 “demobilised”
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.

“demobilized”

  • It was demobilized at the surrender of Japan…
  • It was demobilized at the surrender of Japan…
  • The 115th Infantry demobilized in June 1919.
  • …1,200 ex-Koevoet members would be demobilized with effect from the following
  • …had of themselves, as a demobilized Communist self-defense and guerrilla force,…
  • It demobilized on 30 May at Camp…
  • - 17.000 rebels were demobilized and were reintegrated into normal
  • Demobilized on 14 April 1919
  • In 1923 Tsekhanovsky demobilized and returned to Saint Petersburg…
  • Spare was demobilized in 1919.

“demobilised”

  • He was demobilised in April 1919 and transferred…
  • He was demobilised in January 1919.
  • He was demobilised in December 1918.
  • …hostilities the battalion was gradually demobilised and was finally disbanded in…
  • …10 January 1919 and was demobilised five days later, retaining his
  • After the TF was demobilised in 1919 the Pembroke RGA…
  • …324th Rifle Division was probably demobilised), and Smolensk Military Districts (33rd…
  • …Army, and he was not demobilised until well after the 1919…
  • …Ceylon and Australia before being demobilised in 1946.
  • He was demobilised on 19 December 1919.

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