“Equalized” or “Equalised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	equalized	equalised	Preference
United States	100	0	“equalized”
United Kingdom	23	77	“equalised”
India	58	42	“equalized”
Philippines	100	0	“equalized”
Canada	100	0	“equalized”
Australia	40	60	“equalised”
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.

“equalized”

…take the lead before Ribamar equalized in stoppage time.
…to George Hedley, Albert Brown equalized for Southampton.
Diego equalized on a 1st half penalty…
When the pressure equalized, the pilot removed the CM…
Gold Pride equalized in the 24th minute when…
…the second half, Henrikh Mkhitaryan equalized once again with a deflected
NYCFC equalized through a shot by Ismael…
…11th minute before Dale Mitchell equalized in the 12th.
Reuben Reid then equalized in the 39th minute.
…for Brazil, and Patrick Kluivert equalized for the Dutch in the…

“equalised”

…kick from which Alexandre D'Acol equalised and then converted a penalty…
Only a minute later, France equalised through Lilian Thuram who took…
…minutes later after Liu Cheng equalised.
…before Charsley cleared, and Wheldon equalised shortly before the interval.
Tom Bradshaw equalised before defender Matt Preston's shot…
…for Preston before Denis Compton equalised for Arsenal.
…them the lead until Sunderland equalised with a 41st minute volley…
Owen Garvan equalised seven minutes in the second
Zlatan Ibrahimović equalised only seven minutes later.
…but Robin van Persie quickly equalised for the "Gunners".

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