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“Finalizing” or “Finalising”

Finalizing is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while finalising 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 “finalizing” and 4 prefer “finalising”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country finalizing finalising Preference
United States 98 2 “finalizing”
United Kingdom 38 62 “finalising”
India 66 34 “finalizing”
Philippines 100 0 “finalizing”
Canada 89 11 “finalizing”
Australia 25 75 “finalising”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 0 100 “finalising”
New Zealand 27 73 “finalising”
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.

“finalizing”

  • …of Austin was working on finalizing a Master Plan for the…
  • …when preparing drafts prior to finalizing a document.
  • …and other state leaders while finalizing the Telangana draft bill.
  • The first deadline for finalizing the works was in the…
  • As Kip and Tisis are finalizing their marriage preparations, Teia gathers…
  • In a series of moves finalizing their 2010 coaching roster, the…
  • …Island Department of Transportation is finalizing construction of the path and…
  • Finalizing a proposal in time for…
  • …that "IMG was close to finalizing a contract to air WVU…
  • …brought to Malta, only after finalizing a deal with the EU…

“finalising”

  • …solicitors office where Baz was finalising plans to leave Charlie and…
  • …to the studio to start finalising the writing for their second…
  • The company experienced difficulties in finalising the access to Newport, and…
  • …to specifying materials, or even finalising the designs, the bridge was…
  • …Madhavi and Taapsee Pannu, before finalising on Andrea Jeremiah.
  • …also expected to focus on "finalising at least some of the…
  • India is finalising a plan to construct a…
  • …spent on producing, mixing, and finalising the tracks.
  • The process of finalising a new school building with…
  • …Datt and Poseci Bune, for finalising his list of Senate nominees…

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