“Popularizing” or “Popularising”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	popularizing	popularising	Preference
United States	97	3	“popularizing”
United Kingdom	26	74	“popularising”
India	57	43	“popularizing”
Philippines	100	0	“popularizing”
Canada	100	0	“popularizing”
Australia	0	0	Not enough data
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.

“popularizing”

…government to the capital, the popularizing trends of the Kamakura period…
…is credited with 'discovering' and popularizing The Sports Junkies.
…barriers in popular entertainment, and popularizing the making-of documentary format.
…would later be credited with popularizing the tactical role-playing genre in
…Boulez was largely responsible for popularizing the term.
…such as Harry Belafonte, was popularizing Caribbean music (in fact, Harry…
…and aggrandizes the channel for popularizing it.
…played an important role in popularizing baseball in the country.
…for starting the movement and popularizing the movement in 2006, and…
…inspirational figure in cultivating and popularizing the sounds and rhythms of

“popularising”

- popularising lecture, with copious plans &…
…introduction of competitive rowing and popularising both athletics and outdoor team…
…Land, who is known for popularising the didgeridoo outside Australia, after…
…program and its descendants, further popularising computer music through a 1963…
He is associated with popularising the true 'kneeler' concept, and…
…bestselling titles on the subject, popularising attachment parenting techniques.
He was awarded for popularising the work of Mirza Ghalib.
…kingdom, including the Anglo-Normans, by popularising Welsh legends.
…as the by Gustav Freytag, popularising the concept in Germany.
…is known in Japan for popularising the Hime cut, which became…

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