“Formalized” or “Formalised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	formalized	formalised	Preference
United States	99	1	“formalized”
United Kingdom	22	78	“formalised”
India	55	45	“formalized”
Philippines	100	0	“formalized”
Canada	100	0	“formalized”
Australia	26	74	“formalised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	100	“formalised”
New Zealand	0	100	“formalised”
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.

“formalized”

…(in fact, predating all other formalized movements in all parts of…
…an action to occur, are formalized as a predicate on the…
…Uruguayan Civil War, and had formalized the alliance with Uruguay and
…United Way and FIRST, JCPenney formalized its commitment to the afterschool…
The culmination of this formalized mission resulted in a 2017…
…Denning and Mayer D. Schwartz formalized the concept of a Tracker,…
This problem can be formalized mathematically as one of counting…
…belief in the Trinity was formalized.
…of Nursia and was then formalized as a four-step process by…
The project became more formalized with the creation of a…

“formalised”

…evidence of this distinction being formalised in inscriptions until after the…
This support was also formalised through the establishment of the…
…gathering of honey was also formalised, this and the growing agricultural…
EUROCHIPS was formalised as an association in 2000…
…on 10 November 1990, which formalised arrangements for USN ships to…
…began a relationship which was formalised into marriage in 1894.
The boundaries were formalised in January 2000 for the…
…20th century, several groups became formalised, developing systemetised teachings and rituals,…
…have not been made into formalised ‘rules’:
Internships are often formalised with contracts and specific job

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