“Plagiarized” or “Plagiarised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 5 prefer “plagiarized” and 3 prefer “plagiarised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	plagiarized	plagiarised	Preference
United States	95	5	“plagiarized”
United Kingdom	46	54	“plagiarised”
India	64	36	“plagiarized”
Philippines	96	4	“plagiarized”
Canada	87	13	“plagiarized”
Australia	42	58	“plagiarised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	50	50	No clear preference
New Zealand	42	58	“plagiarised”
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“plagiarized”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“plagiarized”

…2009 James Cameron film Avatar plagiarized thematic and plot elements from…
…the song "To Be Free" plagiarized the Linda Perry and Grace…
…specify what material was allegedly plagiarized.
It was then almost completely plagiarized in an edition attributed to…
…that 'Temptation of a Wife' plagiarized her book Janus' City.
…a late opinion that Plato plagiarized several of Epicharmus's ideas.
…whether in doing so, it plagiarized the literary presentation in Woes.
…time, to have credibly been plagiarized.
…that the company had used plagiarized designs of fan art of…
…he later admits that he plagiarized the piece.

“plagiarised”

…the work had nonetheless freely plagiarised the work of yet another…
…Lloyd Webber, saying he had plagiarised the "Phantom of the Opera"…
…music that was built around plagiarised samples of other artists, underpinned…
…Media Watch episode identified allegedly plagiarised material under his byline, insertions…
…hinting that Jovanotti could have plagiarised it and criticizing record labels…
…Present State of England was plagiarised by Guy Miege, who brought…
…copyright regulations in Canada, which plagiarised papers published by the International…
…charged that the film blatantly plagiarised their 1992 production My Cousin
…Awdelay's, and was very impudently plagiarised by later writers.
…which he passed off numerous plagiarised recordings of classical pianists as…

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