Organize and organise are both English terms.
Organize is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US
) while organise is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB
).
In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:
Term | US | UK | India | Philippines | Canada | Australia | Liberia | Ireland | New Zealand | Jamaica | Trinidad & Tobago | Guyana |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
organize | 99 | 22 | 47 | 98 | 89 | 19 | 100 | 25 | 28 | 80 | 71 | 100 |
organise | 1 | 78 | 53 | 2 | 11 | 81 | 0 | 75 | 72 | 20 | 29 | 0 |
Below, we provide some examples of when to use organize or organise with sample sentences.
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