“Fertilizing” or “Fertilising”

Language

Fertilizing and fertilising are both English terms.

Usage

Fertilizing is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while fertilising 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
fertilizing	100	57	87	100	99	50	0	67	49	100	100	0
fertilising	0	43	13	0	1	50	0	33	51	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "fertilizing" over "fertilising" (100 to 0).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a preference for "fertilizing" over "fertilising" (57 to 43).
• In India, there is a preference for "fertilizing" over "fertilising" (87 to 13).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "fertilizing" over "fertilising" (100 to 0).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "fertilizing" over "fertilising" (99 to 1).
• In Australia, there is no clear preference between "fertilizing" and "fertilising", with usage levels of 50 vs. 50.
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "fertilizing" and "fertilising".
• In Ireland, there is a preference for "fertilizing" over "fertilising" (67 to 33).
• In New Zealand, there is a 51 to 49 preference for "fertilising" over "fertilizing".
• In Jamaica, there is a preference for "fertilizing" over "fertilising" (100 to 0).
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is a preference for "fertilizing" over "fertilising" (100 to 0).
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "fertilizing" and "fertilising".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use fertilizing or fertilising with sample sentences.

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