“Evangelize” or “Evangelise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	evangelize	evangelise	Preference
United States	96	4	“evangelize”
United Kingdom	40	60	“evangelise”
India	77	23	“evangelize”
Philippines	100	0	“evangelize”
Canada	92	8	“evangelize”
Australia	39	61	“evangelise”
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.

“evangelize”

…descent who was sent to evangelize Gaul either by Saint Clement…
When friars began to evangelize elsewhere in New Spain where…
…Recollects in an attempt to evangelize New France.
…the first Spanish missionary to evangelize the people of Bolinao.
…and send them forth to evangelize.
…mission to establish missionaries and evangelize the natives who inhabited the
…and they felt called to evangelize the indigenous peoples of Africa.
…was founded to Americanize and evangelize local-born children, and from a…
…Edwin Stevens to explore and evangelize in Fujian's tea country in
…called San Jerónimo there, to evangelize the local natives, known as…

“evangelise”

…Jesuit priests who came to evangelise (the native population of indigenous…
David Kimathi to evangelise in Meru, Mombasa and Embu.
…and the first attempts to evangelise Northumbria.
Riis wanted to evangelise inland and master Twi language…
…to send the Gospel and evangelise in every British Asian household…
Help the youngest and evangelise aeronautics activities
…in Liverpool city centre to evangelise to the unchurched in their…
…from Brunei to Sulu to evangelise the people there.
In 1875, it began to evangelise China systematically.
…that Eweida was trying to evangelise in the workplace and that…

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