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“Dramatized” or “Dramatised”

Dramatized is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while dramatised 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, 4 prefer “dramatized” and 3 prefer “dramatised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country dramatized dramatised Preference
United States 97 3 “dramatized”
United Kingdom 31 69 “dramatised”
India 62 38 “dramatized”
Philippines 100 0 “dramatized”
Canada 100 0 “dramatized”
Australia 39 61 “dramatised”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 0 100 “dramatised”
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.

“dramatized”

  • …Crash Investigation or Air Emergency) dramatized the accident in a 2014…
  • …and the school's riding master, dramatized in an elaborate fairy-tale dream
  • In 2009, it was dramatized on BBC Radio Four with…
  • …footage is adroitly blended with dramatized re-enactments to illustrate the contributions,…
  • …his death with a ludicrously dramatized faint.
  • …aspects of life may be dramatized or out of place in…
  • …the Korean Airliner Tragedy, which dramatized the Soviet Union's shoot-down of…
  • …footage of gameplay around the dramatized role by Mario Van Peebles…
  • …one of those that is dramatized in Indian classical dances, such…
  • …of this era is best dramatized by the remarkable growth in…

“dramatised”

  • …was the basis for a dramatised BBC documentary titled I remember
  • …adaptation was released that was dramatised by Melvyn Jones and directed…
  • …started writing factual, but slightly dramatised novels about the Winter War…
  • …military; this event was later dramatised in the 2010 film, King…
  • "The Devil's Foot" was dramatised for BBC Radio 4 in…
  • …Lefebvre, whose life has been dramatised in:
  • …College, Mount Lavinia in a dramatised act of Easter Worship, '…
  • …same meeting had previously been dramatised by the BBC's Horizon science…
  • …of Steel which Shubik had dramatised for Story Parade in 1963));…
  • …la Pole's untimely death is dramatised in Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part

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