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“Dramatization” or “Dramatisation”

Dramatization is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while dramatisation is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 5 prefer “dramatization” and 3 prefer “dramatisation”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country dramatization dramatisation Preference
United States 96 4 “dramatization”
United Kingdom 23 77 “dramatisation”
India 82 18 “dramatization”
Philippines 100 0 “dramatization”
Canada 76 24 “dramatization”
Australia 28 72 “dramatisation”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 23 77 “dramatisation”
New Zealand 0 0 Not enough data
Jamaica 100 0 “dramatization”
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.

“dramatization”

  • …the program was only a dramatization.
  • …Noon on Doomsday was the dramatization of the Till case.
  • …"more likely [based on] a dramatization of [that novel] in Italian…
  • The book is a dramatization of microbiological research written by…
  • …a 2005 BBC1 TV movie dramatization of the Ladbroke Grove rail…
  • …Ernie Davis Story, includes a dramatization of the 1960 Cotton Bowl,…
  • …Theatre Prize (Teaterkritikerprisen) for the dramatization of Olav Duun's novel Ettermæle…
  • For Tom Nichols, "Titian's dramatization of the conflicting emotions of…
  • This dramatization of The Lord of the…
  • …preoccupation is directed to a dramatization of their accidental or willful

“dramatisation”

  • Dramatisation
  • The film is an epic dramatisation of the Ukishima Maru incident…
  • …Naked Civil Servant and its dramatisation brought.
  • …Theater Prize 2008: for the dramatisation of "Das Wüten der ganzen
  • …the 1956 BBC Light Programme dramatisation of the novel, Deryck Guyler…
  • …each hour-long episode featuring a dramatisation of one of Greene's stories,…
  • Previous dramatisation
  • …finale of the 2019 BBC dramatisation of the life of Anne…
  • …a 4-part BBC Radio 4 dramatisation first aired in 1995 (starring…
  • It is a dramatisation of the 1995 book of…

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