“Generalizations” or “Generalisations”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “generalizations” and 3 prefer “generalisations”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	generalizations	generalisations	Preference
United States	100	0	“generalizations”
United Kingdom	34	66	“generalisations”
India	82	18	“generalizations”
Philippines	100	0	“generalizations”
Canada	100	0	“generalizations”
Australia	21	79	“generalisations”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	0	100	“generalisations”
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.

“generalizations”

A challenge in such generalizations is that, in general, it…
…this: it attempts to formulate generalizations about sound change that are…
…was unafraid to make strong generalizations about the music he studied;
…that is consistent with multiple generalizations.
…of evidence, for making sweeping generalizations about the behavior of millennials,…
…of the coupling coefficient are generalizations or refinements of preceding definitions.
Garvan's thesis, Generalizations of Dyson's rank, concerned the…
…opposition to labels, stereotypes and generalizations.
…models can be seen as generalizations of linear models (in particular,…
…there are many widely held generalizations and stereotypes that are only…

“generalisations”

…length 3 together with other generalisations (A062204, A062205) for applications in…
…associated Besov-distributed random variables are generalisations of the notions of Gaussian…
…findings do not support Bowlby’s generalisations about the responses of young…
…functions can be considered as generalisations of geometric series, whence the…
In later papers he made generalisations to multiport networks.
…the profession considered a sweeping generalisations without evidence stating:
This presentation leads to generalisations of braid groups called Artin
…heavily on anecdotes and faulty generalisations.
Hicks’s generalisations of Keynes’s theory
Generalisations

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