“Mobilization” or “Mobilisation”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	mobilization	mobilisation	Preference
United States	98	2	“mobilization”
United Kingdom	35	65	“mobilisation”
India	69	31	“mobilization”
Philippines	97	3	“mobilization”
Canada	61	39	“mobilization”
Australia	29	71	“mobilisation”
Liberia	100	0	“mobilization”
Ireland	41	59	“mobilisation”
New Zealand	38	62	“mobilisation”
Jamaica	100	0	“mobilization”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“mobilization”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“mobilization”

…of the Nation and National Mobilization;
…created the Office of Defense Mobilization (ODM).
The Climate Mobilization, which advocates a "World War…
…Egersund was chosen as the mobilization area for two companies of…
…the U.S. Navy and industrial mobilization, JHU Press, .
…and an Army Reserve individual mobilization augmentee with the U.S. Army…
…called to arms but avoided mobilization by finding a job in…
…artist Diana Thater formed MOCA Mobilization to rally public support for…
…in the province, and the mobilization of the militia in Albany…
…the settlement was charged with mobilization labor and tribute that was…

“mobilisation”

Nevertheless, during the French mobilisation of 1939, all ten were…
The mobilisation of unionists from Bundaberg to…
…other planned areas of Volunteer mobilisation.
Mobilisation began the following day at…
…July 1914, Russia declared full mobilisation in response to Austria-Hungary's declaration…
…criticised al-Khalifa's claims that the mobilisation of GCC troops is a…
Phase I: Mobilisation of UNAMSIL forces.
As mobilisation had been tentative and partial,…
…have reported that stem reserve mobilisation capacity is related to yield…
…for technocracy, with the mass mobilisation of war having worked effectively,…

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