“Organizer” or “Organiser”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 7 prefer “organizer” and 4 prefer “organiser”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	organizer	organiser	Preference
United States	99	1	“organizer”
United Kingdom	33	67	“organiser”
India	60	40	“organizer”
Philippines	100	0	“organizer”
Canada	92	8	“organizer”
Australia	28	72	“organiser”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	37	63	“organiser”
New Zealand	31	69	“organiser”
Jamaica	91	9	“organizer”
Trinidad & Tobago	86	14	“organizer”
Guyana	100	0	“organizer”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“organizer”

…Charles A. Poole, a federal organizer for the Works Progress Administration,…
…Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizer, Mr. Wall, comes to Quinlan…
A community organizer in Uptown, who once worked…
…who serves as the show organizer; Wilberforce, a turtle who works…
After working as a volunteer organizer for the Clothing Workers Union,…
…representatives of Jadidism and the organizer of one of the first…
…as an FSB agent and organizer of the theater siege by…
…him the title of "The Organizer of the Victory."
The original official organizer for the Matzo Ball events…
…(Fessenden) Trenholme (1844–1918), author, social organizer, and mother of radio pioneer…

“organiser”

She was the organiser of Maude Royden's tour of…
…press Herbert von Bose, the organiser of the political opposition to…
…1981 and later a Regional Organiser.
…to prominence, serving as Lanarkshire Organiser in the 1940s, then becoming…
…Labour Party, becoming a full-time organiser for the party.
…Dorothy, Countess of Feversham, County Organiser, Yorkshire, North Riding, Women's Voluntary
…Percy Coleman (born 1892), union organiser and politician
…the SED Cental Committee's party organiser at the vast and prestigious…
…as "the owner, financier, host, organiser, director" of the new party.
…found work as a London organiser for the Workers' Union, where…

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