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“Hypothesized” or “Hypothesised”

Hypothesized is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while hypothesised is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 5 prefer “hypothesized” and 3 prefer “hypothesised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country hypothesized hypothesised Preference
United States 98 2 “hypothesized”
United Kingdom 45 55 “hypothesised”
India 84 16 “hypothesized”
Philippines 100 0 “hypothesized”
Canada 100 0 “hypothesized”
Australia 35 65 “hypothesised”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 51 49 “hypothesized”
New Zealand 0 100 “hypothesised”
Jamaica 0 0 Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago 0 0 Not enough data
Guyana 0 0 Not enough data
Usage

Examples in context

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“hypothesized”

  • For example, instances of the hypothesized cause must be set up…
  • …ADA in purine metabolism, Giblett hypothesized that mutations in other proteins…
  • Gliotoxin is hypothesized to be an important virulence…
  • …an Egyptological term for a hypothesized tribal confederation in Ancient Egypt.
  • This failure is hypothesized to be the major precursor…
  • …this organization, it was then hypothesized that action and cognitive processes…
  • …has been argued, that the hypothesized ritual practices and the rich…
  • The hypothesized probability of success (defined as…
  • …this record, historian Aleksander Czołowski hypothesized that a replica of Szczerbiec…
  • …same wider connections can be hypothesized for the "cow" derivation: the…

“hypothesised”

  • It has been hypothesised that this species may be…
  • It has been hypothesised that these behaviours are likely…
  • However, it is also hypothesised to be vertically transmitted via…
  • The Yeniseians have also been hypothesised to be representative of a…
  • It has been hypothesised that some records of H.…
  • It has been hypothesised that the host of the…
  • It has been hypothesised that the apparent decline in…
  • Alternatively, it has hypothesised that female harbour seals accompanying…
  • Different cephalopod dermal structures are hypothesised to play roles in buoyancy,…
  • Cardiomyopathy and encephalopathy are hypothesised to be linked by the…

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