“Mobilized” or “Mobilised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “mobilized” and 5 prefer “mobilised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	mobilized	mobilised	Preference
United States	98	2	“mobilized”
United Kingdom	30	70	“mobilised”
India	44	56	“mobilised”
Philippines	100	0	“mobilized”
Canada	100	0	“mobilized”
Australia	33	67	“mobilised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	32	68	“mobilised”
New Zealand	0	100	“mobilised”
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.

“mobilized”

Through publishing and activism, Jackson mobilized the African American population of…
…National Guard units can be mobilized at any time by U.S.…
…repeatedly volunteered or have been mobilized to take part in the…
…force of Puerto Rico was mobilized from the main island, as…
…forces about to collapse, Russia mobilized its army and threatened to…
…the National Defense Force is mobilized.
…1st Battalion have also been mobilized to fight forest fires or…
…Slavic regions that could be mobilized to fight the Ottomans: Herzegovina,…
…Korean War, the 28th was mobilized and deployed to Europe as…
…before the Ottoman Army was mobilized, Staff Colonel Fahreddin Bey was…

“mobilised”

…of Paul Mounet, before being mobilised into the artillery.
In August 1914 it mobilised and in September was sent…
…rest of the world have mobilised against the patriarchal assumption that…
…the Royal Naval Reserve, was mobilised in August 1939.
…districts; 600 boats had been mobilised, roughly (12 million) food packets…
…the bill, the pro-democracy camp mobilised the public to oppose the…
…it was used by cavalry mobilised for the war.
In 1634, The Two-Sultanate-Alliance mobilised a 1,500-warrior-contingent and attacked Spanish-controlled…
…the artist Edward Ardizzone was mobilised at Putney with 54th HAA
Although mobilised in 1914, he returned occasionally…

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