“Initialize” or “Initialise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 10 prefer “initialize” and 0 prefer “initialise”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	initialize	initialise	Preference
United States	99	1	“initialize”
United Kingdom	65	35	“initialize”
India	89	11	“initialize”
Philippines	99	1	“initialize”
Canada	97	3	“initialize”
Australia	65	35	“initialize”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	73	27	“initialize”
New Zealand	70	30	“initialize”
Jamaica	100	0	“initialize”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“initialize”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“initialize”

…cause an unwanted connection to initialize.
…memory for the object, and initialize the object within the newly…
…language program's job is to initialize the display—set up the Display…
…other weather data available to initialize the current weather situation and…
"Initialize the monitor"
…in the Display List to initialize ANTIC to begin reading at…
x = sum; // initialize x as sum
…most notably a slow CD initialize time (the time during which…
Initialize: greedily select of the data…
// Initialize the sieve with enough wheels…

“initialise”

…input or output operation, we initialise that port in mode 1…
Initialise a subpopulation Pop0(S)
…for first in order to initialise.
The ability to initialise the state of the qubits…
Initialise a0 ← 0, b0 ←…
…may (cause 1) fail to initialise a variable which is required…
…which often requires one to initialise a quantum system in a…
Initialise parameter
[ Initialise;
Randomly initialise 100 individuals in the search…

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