“Plagiarizing” or “Plagiarising”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “plagiarizing” and 1 prefer “plagiarising”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	plagiarizing	plagiarising	Preference
United States	91	9	“plagiarizing”
United Kingdom	50	50	No clear preference
India	61	39	“plagiarizing”
Philippines	95	5	“plagiarizing”
Canada	87	13	“plagiarizing”
Australia	48	52	“plagiarising”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	0	0	Not enough data
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.

“plagiarizing”

…doctoral degree as well as plagiarizing their dissertation from other members…
…Cars have been accused of plagiarizing its plot from this film.
…his boorish publisher Grouillot by plagiarizing an obscure 18th-century novel by…
…the novelist Shin Kyung-sook of plagiarizing Yukio Mishima.
…career, with his television series plagiarizing popular films of the time…
…finds out about Jia Xin plagiarizing Wei Zhen's song and sides…
…Dane Cook about accusations of plagiarizing Louis C.K.
…Language, have accused Koneski of plagiarizing Kiril Mirchev's Historical Grammar of…
…dancers accused the show of plagiarizing their choreography for the ending…
…her legal agreement idea, and plagiarizing it to a subject about…

“plagiarising”

…successfully sued another author for plagiarising her book on Galicia in
…a lawsuit against Shakira for plagiarising the riff off his composition…
…and the publisher Picador of plagiarising substantial sections of material from…
…French Academy of Sciences, of plagiarising and then suppressing Béchamp's work,…
JLS were accused of plagiarising Jennifer Lopez's "On the Floor",…
…We're Young", was accused of plagiarising the song's opening guitar riff,…
…by The Literary Review for plagiarising Mr Story's Roba di Roma.
…the execution, starting with "the plagiarising of the master musician of…
…the semi-finals, was accused of plagiarising his jokes in his audition,…
…Phoenix Legend were accused of plagiarising "All Rise" for their hit…

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