“Finalizing” or “Finalising”

Language

Finalizing and finalising are both English terms.

Usage

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).

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
finalizing	98	38	66	100	89	25	0	0	27	0	0	0
finalising	2	62	34	0	11	75	0	100	73	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "finalizing" over "finalising" (98 to 2).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a 62 to 38 preference for "finalising" over "finalizing".
• In India, there is a preference for "finalizing" over "finalising" (66 to 34).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "finalizing" over "finalising" (100 to 0).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "finalizing" over "finalising" (89 to 11).
• In Australia, there is a 75 to 25 preference for "finalising" over "finalizing".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "finalizing" and "finalising".
• In Ireland, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "finalising" over "finalizing".
• In New Zealand, there is a 73 to 27 preference for "finalising" over "finalizing".
• In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "finalizing" and "finalising".
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "finalizing" and "finalising".
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "finalizing" and "finalising".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use finalizing or finalising with sample sentences.

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