“Monopolized” or “Monopolised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	monopolized	monopolised	Preference
United States	98	2	“monopolized”
United Kingdom	23	77	“monopolised”
India	42	58	“monopolised”
Philippines	100	0	“monopolized”
Canada	100	0	“monopolized”
Australia	30	70	“monopolised”
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.

“monopolized”

…patient's spirit are so entirely monopolized by one idea that it…
The government, which had once monopolized the production of many key…
…district court found that Lilly monopolized the cephalosporin market.
…male novelists have so long monopolized."
Prior to 1986, Yle monopolized the Finnish television.
…in Beijing was soon thereafter monopolized by Yuan and led to…
…the Cornell Steamboat Line virtually monopolized freight traffic on the Hudson…
Historically, Nigeria's mining industry was monopolized by state-owned public corporations.
…Congress to take action against "monopolized tech giants".
…by the Isin-Larsa Period, Dilmun monopolized the trade.

“monopolised”

…owned extensive agricultural landholdings and monopolised the colonial government's lucrative revenue
…Scotland joined the club and monopolised the fullback jersey.
After World War I, Hollywood monopolised the industry, and by the…
Dong Zhuo monopolised state power, persecuted his political…
…of Nigeria's major ports and monopolised coastal trade; this resulted in…
…and the lark for long monopolised poetic idolatry--a privilege they enjoyed…
One week later the programme monopolised Gaelic games coverage once again…
…therefore wealth has typically been monopolised by select lobby groups who…
…claimed that the trade was "monopolised by two prominent Cambodian senators…
…years Avondale United have virtually monopolised the FAI Intermediate Cup.

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