“Hybridize” or “Hybridise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	hybridize	hybridise	Preference
United States	100	0	“hybridize”
United Kingdom	46	54	“hybridise”
India	73	27	“hybridize”
Philippines	100	0	“hybridize”
Canada	100	0	“hybridize”
Australia	41	59	“hybridise”
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.

“hybridize”

…the Sibericae series, can readily hybridize with other members of the…
…in the genus Sarracenia readily hybridize, making their classification a complex
…ferox is not able to hybridize with other species of the…
This species may hybridize with Nassella pulchra.
Circaea alpina will hybridize with Circaea lutetiana producing sterile…
…but they also try to hybridize with them, contaminating the native…
…is single-stranded, it can also hybridize with itself, creating DNA secondary…
Sequences that hybridize with the hybridization probe are…
…using Illumina sequencers, sequence adapters hybridize to the adapters on the…
…environments and also how they hybridize to form new species (Belloch…

“hybridise”

…quadrimarginea, with which it may hybridise.
…species are also known to hybridise however, and examples of specimens…
…to be introduced, may also hybridise with house sparrows.
The two species hybridise readily to produce fertile offspring…
…the most part did not hybridise there.
…flycatcher, and the two can hybridise.
Mallard ducks also hybridise with the Muscovy duck producing…
Western capercaillies are known to hybridise occasionally with black grouse (these…
Narcissus species hybridise readily, although the fertility of…
Nepenthes northiana is known to hybridise with three other Nepenthes species.

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