“Disorganization” or “Disorganisation”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 6 prefer “disorganization” and 2 prefer “disorganisation”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	disorganization	disorganisation	Preference
United States	100	0	“disorganization”
United Kingdom	49	51	“disorganisation”
India	82	18	“disorganization”
Philippines	100	0	“disorganization”
Canada	100	0	“disorganization”
Australia	35	65	“disorganisation”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	100	0	“disorganization”
Jamaica	100	0	“disorganization”
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.

“disorganization”

…negative symptoms, thought and action disorganization, cognition impairment, catatonia, and symptoms…
…with what they called Social Disorganization Theory, they claimed that subcultures…
…and mind, and the present disorganization of society warns us that…
…Moscow and accused of intentional disorganization of defense and retreat without
80-1110 allowed for the disorganization of townships and assigning those…
…Hephthalites, taking advantage of their disorganization and disunity.
…for a fourth year because disorganization by the Miss Universe Organization…
…had given way to complete disorganization of agriculture by the ill-conceived…
…the election and thereby causing disorganization to worsen; he defended himself…
Social disorganization theory is intended to be…

“disorganisation”

Their disorganisation is seen to be responsible…
…positing that conflict and social disorganisation are the underlying causes of…
…again, despite its losses and disorganisation, until a patrol revealed that…
…the defences and the general disorganisation of the colony.
…"often soothing chaos and ambient disorganisation."
…intercepted messages, which showed the disorganisation of the German command in…
This was partly due to disorganisation, partially to Swiss efforts to…
…Winter War laid bare the disorganisation and ineffectiveness of the Red…
…1941, months of idleness and disorganisation contributed to the disasters in
…but signal failures led to disorganisation and the X Corps line…

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