“Hospitalized” or “Hospitalised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 6 prefer “hospitalized” and 3 prefer “hospitalised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	hospitalized	hospitalised	Preference
United States	99	1	“hospitalized”
United Kingdom	39	61	“hospitalised”
India	67	33	“hospitalized”
Philippines	97	3	“hospitalized”
Canada	96	4	“hospitalized”
Australia	39	61	“hospitalised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	45	55	“hospitalised”
New Zealand	50	50	No clear preference
Jamaica	94	6	“hospitalized”
Trinidad & Tobago	81	19	“hospitalized”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“hospitalized”

…smallpox, though he is still hospitalized for the carbon monoxide poisoning,…
…Campos when the latter was hospitalized for a time at the…
…Juvonen, American artist and painter, hospitalized and diagnosed with manic-depression.
…including children at summer camp, hospitalized children and students.
…the town to visit her hospitalized mother.
…male with pulmonary fibrosis was hospitalized for 5 days at the…
…his health, and he was hospitalized for a time.
…death, and Bennett himself was hospitalized after being hit by a
…students, from the KULeuven were hospitalized after consuming a large amount…
Unfortunately one day, she gets hospitalized and diagnosed with a kind…

“hospitalised”

…people injured, only four are hospitalised.
…foster families while she was hospitalised.
…this mortar blast were later hospitalised to a local hospital within…
…24 passengers and crew remained hospitalised: 20 in the Republic of…
…Penn is beaten up and hospitalised.
…by a car and was hospitalised.
…which resulted her to be hospitalised and wear a cast.
…Ken Barlow (William Roache) is hospitalised after suffering a stroke during…
…34 passengers and crew remained hospitalised.
…allowing parents frequent visiting to hospitalised children became the norm and…

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