“Memorize” or “Memorise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 7 prefer “memorize” and 3 prefer “memorise”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	memorize	memorise	Preference
United States	98	2	“memorize”
United Kingdom	33	67	“memorise”
India	67	33	“memorize”
Philippines	91	9	“memorize”
Canada	92	8	“memorize”
Australia	33	67	“memorise”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	51	49	“memorize”
New Zealand	41	59	“memorise”
Jamaica	100	0	“memorize”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“memorize”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“memorize”

Dancers do not need to memorize these patterns in advance, since…
…assist in the effort to memorize Qur'anic verses.
…rehearsals) by new members to memorize their section's moves.
…the team member had to memorize 11 Icelandic letters placed along…
…rock shapes are used to memorize and to help tell stories…
…all newcomers are ordered to memorize the name and hometown of…
Speed Cards: Memorize the order of one shuffled…
…means "head of house," to memorize a mysterious and legendary area…
…his captors coach him to memorize prepared answers by rote, he…
…Yangu, a didactic chant to memorize each makam like each great…

“memorise”

Since he could easily memorise compositions and he liked to…
Mainwaring tells Jones to memorise and destroy the paper when…
…melody, enabling a user to memorise the melody and then just…
…prison, Jirous instead had to memorise all of his work.
…are arcanists and do not memorise spells – they merely pluck…
Shaikh Rifai committed himself to memorise the Quran at the age…
…test required the student to memorise a passage and present it…
…need for the player to memorise levels in order to achieve…
…Hilton half an hour to memorise the new dialogue.
…order to be able to memorise them, like Haddis, a teacher…

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