“Destabilization” or “Destabilisation”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 5 prefer “destabilization” and 1 prefer “destabilisation”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	destabilization	destabilisation	Preference
United States	98	2	“destabilization”
United Kingdom	54	46	“destabilization”
India	68	32	“destabilization”
Philippines	100	0	“destabilization”
Canada	98	2	“destabilization”
Australia	46	54	“destabilisation”
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.

“destabilization”

…was undermined by constant Russian destabilization of the area.
…in the face of large-scale destabilization."
…factors that contribute to the destabilization of the initiation complex required…
Water leaks and destabilization of the clayey soils by…
…major factor contributing to its destabilization.
…was proposed to decrease heterochromatization (destabilization) within this brain region in…
…in a deadly war of destabilization with the Mozambique National Resistance…
…order to relieve the antiaromatic destabilization.
…world, against the policy of destabilization, against military pacts, blocs, bases,…
…knowledge of the stabilization or destabilization of each of the orbitals…

“destabilisation”

…at an opportune moment of destabilisation of Cao Cao's regime but…
During this period of social destabilisation, mokomokai became commercial trade items…
…accused him of launching "a destabilisation strategy" due to the critical…
War of Destabilisation
…Macron said it was "democratic destabilisation, like that seen during the…
…or cellphone cameras, called image destabilisation, in which both the lens…
…Irish banks caused a "major destabilisation" in the euro, rather than…
Regional destabilisation
…he was "dismayed by the destabilisation that's been taking place now…
…the text is the fundamental destabilisation caused by Zambinella’s anatomy, which…

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