“Familiarize” or “Familiarise”

Language

Familiarize and familiarise are both English terms.

Usage

Familiarize is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while familiarise 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
familiarize	96	21	57	96	88	24	0	0	0	0	0	0
familiarise	4	79	43	4	12	76	0	100	100	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "familiarize" over "familiarise" (96 to 4).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a 79 to 21 preference for "familiarise" over "familiarize".
• In India, there is a preference for "familiarize" over "familiarise" (57 to 43).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "familiarize" over "familiarise" (96 to 4).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "familiarize" over "familiarise" (88 to 12).
• In Australia, there is a 76 to 24 preference for "familiarise" over "familiarize".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "familiarize" and "familiarise".
• In Ireland, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "familiarise" over "familiarize".
• In New Zealand, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "familiarise" over "familiarize".
• In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "familiarize" and "familiarise".
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "familiarize" and "familiarise".
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "familiarize" and "familiarise".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use familiarize or familiarise with sample sentences.

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