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“Immobilized” or “Immobilised”

Immobilized is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while immobilised 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, 4 prefer “immobilized” and 4 prefer “immobilised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country immobilized immobilised Preference
United States 99 1 “immobilized”
United Kingdom 39 61 “immobilised”
India 84 16 “immobilized”
Philippines 100 0 “immobilized”
Canada 100 0 “immobilized”
Australia 33 67 “immobilised”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 34 66 “immobilised”
New Zealand 0 100 “immobilised”
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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“immobilized”

  • …transport up to three fully immobilized patients.
  • …Chaillevette, and La Tremblade were immobilized by soldiers on the Seudre.
  • …high-speed mass transfer, the researchers immobilized vitamin K3 to the electrode.
  • …one of which can be immobilized and the other attached to…
  • …range of motion, compared with immobilized patients.
  • …pieces have been blocked or immobilized by the other player's pieces,…
  • …treatments include a splint that immobilized the wrist and the thumb…
  • …their work, the CNTs are immobilized into polymeric or ceramic membranes…
  • …Zilberstein, Alfonsina d’Amato and others immobilized them within diskettes of ethylene-vinyl…
  • Immobilized Candida antarctica lipase can be…

“immobilised”

  • These trapped robots and potentially immobilised them if they could not…
  • …since proteins are made and immobilised simultaneously in a single step…
  • …Doom trapped Franklin in Hell, immobilised Doctor Strange, and then neutralises…
  • …the TARDIS before it becomes immobilised.
  • …tanks but the rough terrain immobilised the vehicles.
  • …light winds; the two largely immobilised ships then began a close…
  • …Captain Kirk and Lt. Sulu, immobilised, along with a humanoid being…
  • …knocked out and the other immobilised.
  • …clear whether he was completely immobilised or whether he was able…
  • The target molecule is immobilised on a solid support, a…

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