“Dramatize” or “Dramatise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “dramatize” and 2 prefer “dramatise”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	dramatize	dramatise	Preference
United States	97	3	“dramatize”
United Kingdom	47	53	“dramatise”
India	79	21	“dramatize”
Philippines	100	0	“dramatize”
Canada	100	0	“dramatize”
Australia	34	66	“dramatise”
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.

“dramatize”

…walked near a minefield to dramatize its dangers.
…the Jerusalem Temple helped to dramatize the eschatological meaning attached to…
…begins to overly complicate and dramatize the matter until Charlie Brown…
…York City–based ensemble, began to dramatize excerpts from Mills’ publications.
…Ethical Ad-Blocker was meant to dramatize the conflict traditional ad-blockers raise…
…cutting edge visual effects… and dramatize the bond among Freddy's youthful…
…Bill (1995), both of which dramatize the life and career of…
There I tried to dramatize the terrible end of communication…
…Viray Festival was conceptualized to dramatize the significance of the viray,…
…a tragic love affair to dramatize the conflict between the traditional…

“dramatise”

…was the first person to dramatise Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales' for…
How to dramatise a person's life, without making…
…12th-century scholar Qadi Ayyad -- "dramatise life in the Fire", and…
…take real-life headlines and then dramatise them in a relatively short…
…and used innovative techniques to dramatise the terror of the period.
…working with the author to dramatise the series.
…and those without, serving to "dramatise the differences between ordinary families…
…illustrator's use of caricatures to dramatise the manga.
Certainly the author wants to dramatise the atmosphere so that the…
Poetry was also used to dramatise the emotions in a saga.

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