“Deputized” or “Deputised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	deputized	deputised	Preference
United States	97	3	“deputized”
United Kingdom	28	72	“deputised”
India	56	44	“deputized”
Philippines	100	0	“deputized”
Canada	100	0	“deputized”
Australia	0	100	“deputised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	100	“deputised”
New Zealand	0	100	“deputised”
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.

“deputized”

On November 3, Sheriff Porttens deputized two hundred men and they…
…tribal non-profit corporations and are deputized by the Commissioner of Public…
…his death, but he was deputized by his son, Caspar Röist…
…Woman, who had recently been deputized as a Star Sapphire.
…study further, The Kuwaiti University deputized him as a visiting artist…
…some cases, private police are deputized in order to ensure compliance…
He also deputized for the "externals" in absentia,…
Joseph D. Fegan was deputized to go there and establish…
The city marshal of Victor deputized about a hundred deputies to…
In the film, he deputized the Skeletwins (Mickey and Monaco)…

“deputised”

He had even deputised in goal during the 1901–02…
…Henry on 30 September, Clarke deputised at left back, after showing…
…from taking part (Heather Harper deputised) but in January 1963 all…
He is deputised by the Minister of State,…
Jones had deputised for Tom Finney against West…
The composer Harold Darke deputised for Ord during that period.
…manager Phil Thompson, who had deputised while Houllier was absent for…
1414: Khizr Khan, deputised by Timur to be the…
Parr also deputised at full back making 36…
He often deputised for Frank Johnson and Ken…

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