“Formalize” or “Formalise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	formalize	formalise	Preference
United States	96	4	“formalize”
United Kingdom	20	80	“formalise”
India	69	31	“formalize”
Philippines	100	0	“formalize”
Canada	100	0	“formalize”
Australia	20	80	“formalise”
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.

“formalize”

…share best practices and to formalize the development and deployment of…
…set theory is intended to formalize a single primitive notion, that…
He used this concept to formalize the idea that the same…
…Services’’ made it necessary to formalize the function, roles, and duties…
…later the Ecma International to formalize Java, but it soon withdrew…
…1987. for his contribution to formalize, and adding Bodo language in…
…involves using mathematical logic to formalize the ethical reasoning in the…
…"still lack legal capacity" to formalize their unions, despite passage of…
…and restated articles of incorporation formalize issues like authorization and classes…
It is often used to formalize the technical aspects of a…

“formalise”

…and tools to capture and formalise business processes on both technical…
…1948 elections, who began to formalise the system known as apartheid.
…Juba within a week to formalise the surrender arrangements.
…of the earliest works to formalise the algebraic basis for data
It enables companies to formalise a customer-centric view with practical…
…November 1973 they proposed to formalise their movement as the "Professional…
…Kapital, he did not explicitly formalise its full meaning in a…
…held several days later, to formalise the agreement, at which Runcorn…
To formalise his war against corruption, President…
…Vandyke Upper School proposed to formalise, through a Trust, their partnerships

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