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“Fictionalized” or “Fictionalised”

Fictionalized is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while fictionalised is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country fictionalized fictionalised Preference
United States 100 0 “fictionalized”
United Kingdom 0 100 “fictionalised”
India 78 22 “fictionalized”
Philippines 100 0 “fictionalized”
Canada 100 0 “fictionalized”
Australia 0 100 “fictionalised”
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.

“fictionalized”

  • …television show set in a fictionalized version of the New Jersey
  • Kashner and Schoenberger's partially fictionalized biography Hollywood Kryptonite states as…
  • …the end in which a fictionalized Rudyard Kipling, played by Reginald…
  • …contained numerous events that were fictionalized.
  • A fictionalized biopic of vaudeville and Broadway…
  • Fictionalized portrayals of George W. Bush
  • …Wow Wow Wubbzy playing a fictionalized version of himself named Ty…
  • …television show, featured a completely fictionalized account of the Princess Doe
  • Patreon exclusive featuring a fictionalized version of Scharpling hosting a…
  • …with Libra (1988), a speculative fictionalized take on the life of…

“fictionalised”

  • …daughter of Georg von Trapp, fictionalised as Brigitta in The Sound…
  • …Men Sang (1958) - a fictionalised account of the Shangani Patrol,…
  • …canción de la concubina, a fictionalised account of sex-trafficking in the
  • …author, the inspiration for the fictionalised character of Almásy in Michael…
  • …by Dan Simmons is a fictionalised account of the last five…
  • Michael Ennis's Byzantium , a fictionalised version of the life of…
  • …enemy is Lord Bolingbroke (a fictionalised version of Henry St John,…
  • |A slightly fictionalised account of Laura Bridgman's life,
  • …of the Crusader (2003), a fictionalised version of the Knights Templar…
  • …the book is a lightly fictionalised account of Wodehouse's early career…

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