“Organize” or “Organise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 7 prefer “organize” and 5 prefer “organise”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	organize	organise	Preference
United States	99	1	“organize”
United Kingdom	22	78	“organise”
India	47	53	“organise”
Philippines	98	2	“organize”
Canada	89	11	“organize”
Australia	19	81	“organise”
Liberia	100	0	“organize”
Ireland	25	75	“organise”
New Zealand	28	72	“organise”
Jamaica	80	20	“organize”
Trinidad & Tobago	71	29	“organize”
Guyana	100	0	“organize”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“organize”

…take this matter in hand: organize and systematize all these ceremonies".
…the grounds and continue to organize "Wizard Safari" events there every…
…of the International Racquetball Federation organize their own continental championships: Asian…
…Bob King hired Bensinger to organize Japanese, Korean, and German transplant…
…way to describe colors and organize them.
…cheerful and tells Leporello to organize a party and invite every…
Their duty is to organize Indonesian participation in international sporting…
The two work together to organize, with the help of Giuseppe…
Teasman also helped organize celebrations in the black community,…
…users to store, manage, and organize photos.

“organise”

Its main function is to organise an annual conference, the Experimental…
…special officer in 1961 to organise the activities of the college…
Volunteers organise programmes such as seminars and…
…as well as capacity to organise his team and distribute the…
…1941, SOE were beginning to organise with British liaison officers on…
…talks to other academics who organise departmental seminars.
Collectors may organise teams of hundreds of people…
…provided a new way to organise Army lists.
organise recurrent events in their city.
Organise the rules for establishing friendship…

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