“Epitomized” or “Epitomised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	epitomized	epitomised	Preference
United States	96	4	“epitomized”
United Kingdom	19	81	“epitomised”
India	49	51	“epitomised”
Philippines	100	0	“epitomized”
Canada	100	0	“epitomized”
Australia	27	73	“epitomised”
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.

“epitomized”

This play epitomized the Steelers' season – incomplete.
…Lãm was an officer who epitomized the indecision and ineffectiveness of…
…the University of Oregon, and epitomized the "Kamikaze Kids" under coach…
…Paul Prucha wrote that Taylor "epitomized the paternalistic outlook of Washington…
…that Sibelius's "critical reputation is epitomized by Leon Botstein."
…well-known work by Babbitt, it epitomized the distance that had grown…
…Continental Marines made their first epitomized amphibious landing in American history…
Turnbull and Ray Epitomized "Greatest Generation"
…weight limits but which is epitomized as "wrestling reinvented" and views…
…level, the spread of heterosociality, epitomized by the entrance of women…

“epitomised”

…title track and other soundtracks epitomised the music scores created for…
Thus, while the reform epitomised by the Bill of Middlesex…
…Lions and a man who epitomised the very ethos of the…
This mood was epitomised in the Beveridge Report of…
The MSc epitomised IMI's teaching philosophy and is…
…of anti-colonial and nationalist sentiments, epitomised by the slogan Merdeka, or…
…satirical mode of British caricature epitomised by Gerald Scarfe, but are…
…lighting and turned features, it epitomised what was considered both modern…
…(1982) and its numerous sequels epitomised the much-imitated "Cinema City style"…
The couple epitomised 1960s Swinging London.

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