“Digitizing” or “Digitising”

Language

Digitizing and digitising are both English terms.

Usage

Digitizing is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while digitising 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
digitizing	100	43	81	100	100	44	0	40	0	100	0	0
digitising	0	57	19	0	0	56	0	60	100	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "digitizing" over "digitising" (100 to 0).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a 57 to 43 preference for "digitising" over "digitizing".
• In India, there is a preference for "digitizing" over "digitising" (81 to 19).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "digitizing" over "digitising" (100 to 0).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "digitizing" over "digitising" (100 to 0).
• In Australia, there is a 56 to 44 preference for "digitising" over "digitizing".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "digitizing" and "digitising".
• In Ireland, there is a 60 to 40 preference for "digitising" over "digitizing".
• In New Zealand, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "digitising" over "digitizing".
• In Jamaica, there is a preference for "digitizing" over "digitising" (100 to 0).
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "digitizing" and "digitising".
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "digitizing" and "digitising".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use digitizing or digitising with sample sentences.

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