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“Paralyze” or “Paralyse”

Paralyze is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while paralyse is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 8 prefer “paralyze” and 1 prefer “paralyse”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country paralyze paralyse Preference
United States 96 4 “paralyze”
United Kingdom 51 49 “paralyze”
India 35 65 “paralyse”
Philippines 88 12 “paralyze”
Canada 71 29 “paralyze”
Australia 53 47 “paralyze”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 62 38 “paralyze”
New Zealand 61 39 “paralyze”
Jamaica 100 0 “paralyze”
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.

“paralyze”

  • …which assists cone snail to paralyze or kill the prey before…
  • Normally, however, her bolts paralyze her victims for several hours,…
  • …band's next album, Lullabies to Paralyze, named after a lyric from…
  • …Wraith uses his Exolon parasites paralyze the Phalanx and stop the
  • …polypeptides that are able to paralyze crabs, BTTX I and BTTX
  • …comes with a syringe to paralyze Laura, there is a standoff…
  • …mind through which Paul can paralyze him and thus win the…
  • …government, sanctions that aim to paralyze the apparatus and finances of…
  • …ambush B. bimaculatus at flowers, paralyze them, and then eat them.
  • …this "girl who seemed to paralyze his will".

“paralyse”

  • …and uses her magic to paralyse whoever drank from the Well.
  • …attack their victim's minds to paralyse them while they go in…
  • …crushed so as to permanently paralyse the diaphragm on that side.
  • …Lanterns into a meeting to paralyse them, so they can reveal…
  • …that any breakdown anywhere would paralyse the whole line.
  • …hundred officials were killed to paralyse government's administrative and intelligence apparatus.
  • …sounds, while its gaze could paralyse an intended victim and permit…
  • …cut Poland in two and paralyse the defences east of the…
  • …Kallmann F. Zur Sulfosinbehandlung der Paralyse und Schizophrenie.
  • …about pressure points that can paralyse an opponent (The Aztecs).

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