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“Dramatizations” or “Dramatisations”

Dramatizations is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while dramatisations 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, 1 prefer “dramatizations” and 1 prefer “dramatisations”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country dramatizations dramatisations Preference
United States 100 0 “dramatizations”
United Kingdom 0 100 “dramatisations”
India 0 0 Not enough data
Philippines 0 0 Not enough data
Canada 0 0 Not enough data
Australia 0 0 Not enough data
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.

“dramatizations”

  • Dramatizations and fictionalizations
  • …book illustrations (starting in 1833), dramatizations (starting in 1895), Hollywood films…
  • Audio dramatizations of interactive movie video games…
  • Dramatizations
  • …series of full-cast audio theater dramatizations of Gardner's Perry Mason novels,…
  • Archival film, dramatizations, and special effects depict what…
  • …episodes from Mishima's life with dramatizations of segments from his books.
  • Extensive dramatizations from the novel alternated with…
  • …and inspired books and television dramatizations.
  • …focused on audiobook adaptations and dramatizations of books published by various…

“dramatisations”

  • …formed in 1908 to perform dramatisations of the works of novelist…
  • …and an account of the dramatisations of the book culminating in…
  • Staged dramatisations
  • …the Fringe (1960), and of dramatisations of J. P. Donleavy's The…
  • …Radio 4 has broadcast several dramatisations of the Diary.
  • The film mixes dramatisations with real and faux archival
  • …also included archive footage and dramatisations of his actions.
  • …Heroes, which included archive footage, dramatisations of his actions and an…
  • …featured "Museum Monologues", five in-gallery dramatisations produced by Inkbrew Productions of…
  • Unlike previous Radio 4 dramatisations of novels from the Falco…

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