“Monopolize” or “Monopolise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “monopolize” and 2 prefer “monopolise”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	monopolize	monopolise	Preference
United States	98	2	“monopolize”
United Kingdom	34	66	“monopolise”
India	74	26	“monopolize”
Philippines	100	0	“monopolize”
Canada	90	10	“monopolize”
Australia	39	61	“monopolise”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	0	0	Not enough data
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.

“monopolize”

…a data warehouse environment can monopolize data access by demanding large…
1995 - Monopolize
…resulted from the drive to monopolize power and status.
…2 also forbids "attempts to monopolize" and "conspiracies to monopolize".
…allow the Catholic Church to monopolize how women were defined inside…
The humans attempted to monopolize the Great Seed and killed…
…by the Aeolian Company to monopolize the piano roll market.
Doctors sought to monopolize the simple treatment by convincing…
…clean, inexpensive energy—so he can monopolize the energy market during a…
Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or…

“monopolise”

…English-bred attorneys who desired to monopolise the practice.
However, aristocrats continued to monopolise the officer corps of almost…
…a dominant breeding pair that monopolise access to breeding opportunities.
…is the one who can monopolise a part without any change…
…so-called cartels still try to monopolise water supply, resorting even to…
…is trying to "egregiously ... monopolise global trade" in this and…
…British Petroleum was able to monopolise Iranian oil as before.
…to the Woodvilles' attempt to monopolise power, Gloucester quickly moved to…
…never able to dominate or monopolise trade routes in the same…
…in which the great powers monopolise investment.

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