“Liberalizing” or “Liberalising”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 2 prefer “liberalizing” and 3 prefer “liberalising”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	liberalizing	liberalising	Preference
United States	100	0	“liberalizing”
United Kingdom	0	100	“liberalising”
India	49	51	“liberalising”
Philippines	100	0	“liberalizing”
Canada	0	0	Not enough data
Australia	0	0	Not enough data
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	0	100	“liberalising”
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.

“liberalizing”

…on sex education and in liberalizing attitudes towards sex.
…that the TPP succeeds at liberalizing trade among the participating nations,…
…and Standards adopted the responsum liberalizing its position on homosexual conduct,…
…believed to have fostered excessively liberalizing currents in some communities of
…to advance his goal of liberalizing the country.
…the topic seemed to be liberalizing, Goldman was arrested in February…
The post-1956 liberalizing trend, in decline for a…
…and the insane, and the liberalizing of trade.
Liberalizing a Hidebound Economy
…all sectors covered for the liberalizing trade, except for those clearly

“liberalising”

…as a result of the liberalising reforms which followed Charles Albert…
…associate his family with a liberalising measure as "The Queensberry name…
…introduced what were intended as liberalising reforms in Algeria, promoting the…
…refused to sign a bill liberalising Belgium's abortion laws into law,…
…plan, limiting wages and further liberalising prices.
The Kingdom of Denmark adopted liberalising reforms in line with those…
…ambitious development plan aimed at liberalising and boosting the economy over-night.
…focusing on targeting inflation and liberalising trade as means to increase…
However, his liberalising initiative was undone by Pope…
…dogmatically as well as deeply liberalising.

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