“Plagiarizing” or “Plagiarising”

Language

Plagiarizing and plagiarising are both English terms.

Usage

Plagiarizing is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while plagiarising is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term	US	UK	India	Philippines	Canada	Australia	Liberia	Ireland	New Zealand	Jamaica	Trinidad & Tobago	Guyana
plagiarizing	91	50	61	95	87	48	0	0	0	0	0	0
plagiarising	9	50	39	5	13	52	0	0	0	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "plagiarizing" over "plagiarising" (91 to 9).
• In United Kingdom, there is no clear preference between "plagiarizing" and "plagiarising", with usage levels of 50 vs. 50.
• In India, there is a preference for "plagiarizing" over "plagiarising" (61 to 39).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "plagiarizing" over "plagiarising" (95 to 5).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "plagiarizing" over "plagiarising" (87 to 13).
• In Australia, there is a 52 to 48 preference for "plagiarising" over "plagiarizing".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "plagiarizing" and "plagiarising".
• In Ireland, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "plagiarizing" and "plagiarising".
• In New Zealand, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "plagiarizing" and "plagiarising".
• In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "plagiarizing" and "plagiarising".
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "plagiarizing" and "plagiarising".
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "plagiarizing" and "plagiarising".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use plagiarizing or plagiarising with sample sentences.

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