“Equalizer” or “Equaliser”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 11 prefer “equalizer” and 0 prefer “equaliser”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	equalizer	equaliser	Preference
United States	100	0	“equalizer”
United Kingdom	83	17	“equalizer”
India	87	13	“equalizer”
Philippines	99	1	“equalizer”
Canada	99	1	“equalizer”
Australia	81	19	“equalizer”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	84	16	“equalizer”
New Zealand	85	15	“equalizer”
Jamaica	97	3	“equalizer”
Trinidad & Tobago	96	4	“equalizer”
Guyana	100	0	“equalizer”

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“equalizer”

…off in Athens, scoring the equalizer in the Super Cup in…
…sticking is the wonderful late equalizer Odur scored in the 2004…
GE-100 Graphic Equalizer for Guitar
…as Mickey Kostmayer in The Equalizer, Daniel Holtz in Angel, Harlan…
…1-1 because of a great equalizer of Valerón.
The Equalizer (1985 TV series, one episode)
…that served as a temporarily equalizer in a eventual 2–1 win,…
…occurs, the technician uses an equalizer, usually a graphic equalizer to…
…1–1 after Lajong found an equalizer.
Robert Earnshaw scored the equalizer for Forest not long after.

“equaliser”

A late Rangers equaliser against Queen of the South…
…in the tournament, including the equaliser against Portugal in the semi-final,…
…Championship and he scored the equaliser in a 3–3 draw against…
…Olivier Giroud headed in an equaliser for the Gunners.
…on 14 March, a last-minute equaliser in a 1–1 draw with…
…ever league goal was an equaliser scored from range by Darren…
…as Palace pushed for an equaliser.
…Peter Thorne scoring a 90th-minute equaliser, it proved to be his…
…with a 97th minute last-gasp equaliser against Melbourne City FC.
…net to gift Rochdale the equaliser in a 1–1 draw at…

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