“Globalized” or “Globalised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “globalized” and 5 prefer “globalised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	globalized	globalised	Preference
United States	97	3	“globalized”
United Kingdom	28	72	“globalised”
India	40	60	“globalised”
Philippines	100	0	“globalized”
Canada	100	0	“globalized”
Australia	26	74	“globalised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	25	75	“globalised”
New Zealand	37	63	“globalised”
Jamaica	67	33	“globalized”
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.

“globalized”

…security: mirror images in a globalized world."
…and are sought after by globalized businesses due to the increase…
Barnett has termed the globalized countries the "Functioning Core" or…
…and practices of a highly globalized educational system.
…of literary translation in the globalized world and in the volume…
A more globalized music industry saw the extreme…
…to make regional Hallyu more globalized and create an organized system…
…by the success of the globalized economy.
…simplifies the complexities of a globalized world.
However, in a globalized (and multicultural) world culture became…

“globalised”

…which there is an increasingly "globalised" circulation of televisual commodities.
…2010s, bus manufacturing is increasingly globalised, with the same designs appearing…
At Forrester, he investigated how globalised innovation – with the rise…
…in meeting challenges in the globalised world.
…and helps build a transnational, globalised discourse on climate change.
…Sharia: Islamic Law in a Globalised World", by Raficq S Abdulla…
They were brought to the globalised world's attention in the 1950s…
…be faith literate in a globalised world like ours.
…India Popular culture in a globalised India, by K. Moti Gokulsing,…
…nature of governance in a globalised world.

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