“Demoralizing” or “Demoralising”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “demoralizing” and 5 prefer “demoralising”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	demoralizing	demoralising	Preference
United States	98	2	“demoralizing”
United Kingdom	24	76	“demoralising”
India	44	56	“demoralising”
Philippines	100	0	“demoralizing”
Canada	95	5	“demoralizing”
Australia	16	84	“demoralising”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	100	“demoralising”
New Zealand	0	100	“demoralising”
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.

“demoralizing”

…shot and killed Semih Terzi, demoralizing and disrupting command and control…
…looting for the sake of demoralizing the Dutch populace.
…Islamic Republic of Iran: arduous, demoralizing and constricted even before the…
…was extremely effective against, and demoralizing for, Yan's forces, who repeatedly…
…stronghold would be a largely demoralizing factor for Elara's forces and…
…they might conceivably have a demoralizing effect on the population."
…gain of the PLA was demoralizing the NRA will power to…
…the ball in unexpected and demoralizing directions."
…impressed in battle by the demoralizing effect of fleeing men.
…hours of idleness under a demoralizing shelling, the Confederate unit commanders…

“demoralising”

…stop "the rapid spread of demoralising literature in this country".
…experience of facing machine-gun fire demoralising and the British machine-guns had…
…a shift towards harassing and demoralising the communists, driving them out…
…the Morning Leader : The demoralising effect of an imported team…
…King Richard, which had a demoralising effect on the king.
…light on its actions while demoralising the insurgency.
…stating that it had a demoralising effect on the Bombay underworld.
…other two were effective in demoralising the German defenders.
…suspension, and called the incident "demoralising" for young IAS officers.
…Glasgow yet again, with another demoralising defeat, this time losing 4–1…

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