“Industrialized” or “Industrialised”—What's the difference?

“Industrialized” or “Industrialised”

Language

Industrialized and industrialised are both English terms.

Usage

Industrialized is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while industrialised is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term	US	UK	India	Philippines	Canada	Australia	Liberia	Ireland	New Zealand	Jamaica	Trinidad & Tobago	Guyana
industrialized	100	45	68	100	96	37	0	41	48	100	0	0
industrialised	0	55	32	0	4	63	0	59	52	0	0	0

In the United States, there is a preference for "industrialized" over "industrialised" (100 to 0).
In the United Kingdom, there is a 55 to 45 preference for "industrialised" over "industrialized".
In India, there is a preference for "industrialized" over "industrialised" (68 to 32).
In the Philippines, there is a preference for "industrialized" over "industrialised" (100 to 0).
In Canada, there is a preference for "industrialized" over "industrialised" (96 to 4).
In Australia, there is a 63 to 37 preference for "industrialised" over "industrialized".
In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "industrialized" and "industrialised".
In Ireland, there is a 59 to 41 preference for "industrialised" over "industrialized".
In New Zealand, there is a 52 to 48 preference for "industrialised" over "industrialized".
In Jamaica, there is a preference for "industrialized" over "industrialised" (100 to 0).
In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "industrialized" and "industrialised".
In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "industrialized" and "industrialised".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use industrialized or industrialised with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “industrialized”

…made by the leaders of industrialized countries at the 2005 Summit…
…to the ambitious projects which industrialized Puerto Rico in the mid-20th…
…primarily by the spread of industrialized agriculture.
…a folk game in modern industrialized and urbanized societies.
…the vaccine for choice for industrialized, polio-free countries.
…difficulties it posed to modern, industrialized societies, which was reprinted several…
…their vision of a less industrialized, more ecologically balanced world.
…been many decades since two industrialized great powers engaged directly in…
…crime rates than the less industrialized cities of Ghent and Bruges.
…inequalities are rising throughout the industrialized world, particularly in Europe.

Examples of “industrialised”

Kayseri () is a large industrialised city in Central Anatolia, Turkey.
…upstream, such as the heavily industrialised Rhine-Ruhr area in Germany.
In France as in most industrialised European capitals, slums were widespread…
…found that in urbanised and industrialised areas the pattern had been
…Belgian troops occupied the heavily industrialised Ruhr district (January 1923).
As the first industrialised country in the world, the…
…by the standard of most industrialised countries.
…years later in 1881, more industrialised sectors appeared.
The municipal areas are industrialised.
…before the process became fully industrialised.

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