“Finalize” or “Finalise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	finalize	finalise	Preference
United States	98	2	“finalize”
United Kingdom	32	68	“finalise”
India	82	18	“finalize”
Philippines	91	9	“finalize”
Canada	87	13	“finalize”
Australia	21	79	“finalise”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	41	59	“finalise”
New Zealand	35	65	“finalise”
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.

“finalize”

…Zealand commenced negotiations to form finalize a free trade agreement with…
In this format, undergraduate studies finalize with a total of 180…
…short time it took to finalize the album.
…that the episode aired to finalize plans for divorce rather than
…match with Panathinaikos, who would finalize the downgrading of the team…
…took a long time to finalize, being revised a number of…
…3, before Epitome Pictures could finalize their contracts with Telefilm and…
…and Tsutsumi had wanted to finalize the story before starting production,…
…by the Italians, which would finalize with the Vlora War.
…1975–76 ABA season, negotiations to finalize the ABA-NBA merger began.

“finalise”

…British government renewed efforts to finalise a boundary agreement with France…
…film took considerably longer to finalise, with several actresses approached to…
…of Aylburton Lodge, built to finalise the, often bitter, boundary dispute…
…because the treaty did not finalise the maritime boundary between East…
…takes a considerable time to finalise the preliminaries for the conclusion…
…had met the threshold to finalise the company's registration.
…went on to Southwell to finalise the arrangements.
Unable to finalise a third album, Shields isolated…
Authority had finalise the eviction notice of the…
…Politburo of the party to finalise the election manifesto of the…

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