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“Penalized” or “Penalised”

Penalized is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while penalised 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, 6 prefer “penalized” and 4 prefer “penalised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country penalized penalised Preference
United States 99 1 “penalized”
United Kingdom 21 79 “penalised”
India 57 43 “penalized”
Philippines 100 0 “penalized”
Canada 94 6 “penalized”
Australia 22 78 “penalised”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 30 70 “penalised”
New Zealand 31 69 “penalised”
Jamaica 100 0 “penalized”
Trinidad & Tobago 100 0 “penalized”
Guyana 0 0 Not enough data
Usage

Examples in context

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

“penalized”

  • …previous centrally planned system had penalized banks for refusing any food…
  • The following day Unser was penalized one lap for passing cars…
  • …had his win encumbered, was penalized 40 points, and was no…
  • Schlichter was penalized for intentional grounding and was…
  • …out the false accusation is penalized the three-trick penalty.
  • England's forwards were again penalized by Watson in the 61st…
  • …of the race, jury officials penalized Falta one minute for jumping…
  • …the track, they would get penalized.
  • …promote diversity tend to be penalized with lower performance ratings.
  • …exact-prediction games) they may be penalized.

“penalised”

  • …with Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas was penalised and given two points on…
  • Sutil was penalised five positions because this team…
  • …leakage reduction target, they are penalised.
  • …a non-elimination Leg and were penalised with a Handicap (Handikap) in…
  • …Eastwood after Paul Sironen was penalised for giving Denis Betts a…
  • …that one's opponent will be penalised for failing to respond to…
  • …Brambilla and Nilsson were both penalised one minute for jumping the
  • …kicking, historically the most heavily penalised infringement whether accidental or intentional.
  • …into financial difficulties, as a penalised Catholic, and sold the family…
  • …gap, even though he was penalised for a similar incident two…

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