“Materialize” or “Materialise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 7 prefer “materialize” and 1 prefer “materialise”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	materialize	materialise	Preference
United States	85	15	“materialize”
United Kingdom	47	53	“materialise”
India	83	17	“materialize”
Philippines	100	0	“materialize”
Canada	89	11	“materialize”
Australia	53	47	“materialize”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	62	38	“materialize”
New Zealand	64	36	“materialize”
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.

“materialize”

…the Chinese expected did not materialize.
…with Ottoman efforts failed to materialize.
The plot did not materialize as de Mornay lost his…
…mines, but this did not materialize because technical mining problems.
…with Glasgow Celtic failed to materialize, Ottesen signed a three-year contract…
…1990, these changes did not materialize, as the regionalization stalled.
…Major League comeback fails to materialize.
…shrinking, was considered unlikely to materialize as late as 2005.
…his way, to see Liza materialize at the foot of the…
…the longer they take to materialize, they can be killed while…

“materialise”

…within the group, failed to materialise.
…film project which did not materialise, before he was recommended by…
However, this did not materialise, and there are no known…
…released in 2010, failed to materialise.
…Carrick on Suir failed to materialise.
…but this plan did not materialise.
…end, this threat did not materialise.
…a subsequent transfer failed to materialise and he returned to Liga
…but the project failed to materialise.
…but the idea does not materialise as Charlie's mother Sarah comes

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