“Emphasizing” or “Emphasising”

Language

Emphasizing and emphasising are both English terms.

Usage

Emphasizing is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while emphasising is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term	US	UK	India	Philippines	Canada	Australia	Liberia	Ireland	New Zealand	Jamaica	Trinidad & Tobago	Guyana
emphasizing	97	30	59	99	90	32	0	0	26	0	0	0
emphasising	3	70	41	1	10	68	0	100	74	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "emphasizing" over "emphasising" (97 to 3).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a 70 to 30 preference for "emphasising" over "emphasizing".
• In India, there is a preference for "emphasizing" over "emphasising" (59 to 41).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "emphasizing" over "emphasising" (99 to 1).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "emphasizing" over "emphasising" (90 to 10).
• In Australia, there is a 68 to 32 preference for "emphasising" over "emphasizing".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "emphasizing" and "emphasising".
• In Ireland, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "emphasising" over "emphasizing".
• In New Zealand, there is a 74 to 26 preference for "emphasising" over "emphasizing".
• In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "emphasizing" and "emphasising".
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "emphasizing" and "emphasising".
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "emphasizing" and "emphasising".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use emphasizing or emphasising with sample sentences.

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