“Maximizing” or “Maximising”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 7 prefer “maximizing” and 4 prefer “maximising”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	maximizing	maximising	Preference
United States	99	1	“maximizing”
United Kingdom	23	77	“maximising”
India	75	25	“maximizing”
Philippines	97	3	“maximizing”
Canada	94	6	“maximizing”
Australia	25	75	“maximising”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	27	73	“maximising”
New Zealand	32	68	“maximising”
Jamaica	100	0	“maximizing”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“maximizing”
Guyana	100	0	“maximizing”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“maximizing”

…argues that in a utility maximizing framework the only goal is…
…address both problems by simultaneously maximizing both feature validity and category…
As always, the profit maximizing point lies at the very…
Friendly Enemies: Maximizing the Director-actor Relationship (2003), by…
Maximizing quality of life and death:…
…the higher ethanol blends and maximizing the benefits of the higher…
…their appropriate learning plans towards maximizing their potential and strengths, as…
…to the equivalent problem of maximizing the minimum distance between n…
With challenges growing everyday of maximizing services to communities most impacted,…
…be maximized (producing consonance) by maximizing the alignment of the two…

“maximising”

…long, government has focused on maximising and promoting arms sales, rather…
…daycare by governments concerned about maximising employment for returned and returning
…confidence trick," geared entirely towards maximising his future performance in the…
…alongside Heidfeld, who had trouble maximising performance from his tyres.
…storage is a method of maximising public access to museum and…
The Summit with the theme: "Maximising Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) potentials…
…for Total War, charged with maximising the manpower for the Wehrmacht…
…developers were principally interested in maximising the yield of the land.
…to reconcile the tension between maximising economic
…underframes, reducing tare weight and maximising potential wagon loads.

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