“Oxidize” or “Oxidise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	oxidize	oxidise	Preference
United States	97	3	“oxidize”
United Kingdom	39	61	“oxidise”
India	47	53	“oxidise”
Philippines	96	4	“oxidize”
Canada	94	6	“oxidize”
Australia	38	62	“oxidise”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	52	48	“oxidize”
New Zealand	44	56	“oxidise”
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.

“oxidize”

…allow alkaline peroxide to selectively oxidize non-aromatic conjugated groups responsible for…
…some microbes use sunlight to oxidize arsenite to arsenate: The equation…
…with ruthenium dioxide to directly oxidize the sulfur derivative into a
…are able to reduce and oxidize ligands, whereas transport phenomena do
…salt, because hydronium ions readily oxidize elemental aluminium.
…capacity for skeletal muscle to oxidize fat in moderately active women.
…air is used, nitrogen may oxidize to and, to a much…
…rise to the top and oxidize along with other impurities into…
…may also wear down and oxidize.
…which would otherwise fail to oxidize completely due to the titanium

“oxidise”

…shown to be able to oxidise wood δ-resveratrol into delta-viniferin.
…use of stoichiometric (diacetoxyiodo)benzene to oxidise the hydrazine by-product back to
It will quickly oxidise carbon monoxide completely to carbon…
…that would react, explode or oxidise with air, such as organometallic…
…start from a β-dione, and oxidise the carbon at the α…
Respectively, these enzymes oxidise monoamines (including catecholamines) and methylate…
By allowing copper to oxidise on the surface of gold…
…left in the sun to oxidise.
Chromium salts oxidise and polymerise catecholamines to form…
…fluorine gas would tend to oxidise iodine all the way to…

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