“Digitize” or “Digitise”

Language

Digitize and digitise are both English terms.

Usage

Digitize is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while digitise is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term	US	UK	India	Philippines	Canada	Australia	Liberia	Ireland	New Zealand	Jamaica	Trinidad & Tobago	Guyana
digitize	99	39	93	100	98	38	0	48	39	100	0	0
digitise	1	61	7	0	2	62	0	52	61	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "digitize" over "digitise" (99 to 1).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a 61 to 39 preference for "digitise" over "digitize".
• In India, there is a preference for "digitize" over "digitise" (93 to 7).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "digitize" over "digitise" (100 to 0).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "digitize" over "digitise" (98 to 2).
• In Australia, there is a 62 to 38 preference for "digitise" over "digitize".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "digitize" and "digitise".
• In Ireland, there is a 52 to 48 preference for "digitise" over "digitize".
• In New Zealand, there is a 61 to 39 preference for "digitise" over "digitize".
• In Jamaica, there is a preference for "digitize" over "digitise" (100 to 0).
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "digitize" and "digitise".
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "digitize" and "digitise".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use digitize or digitise with sample sentences.

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