“Practiced” or “Practised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 12 prefer “practiced” and 0 prefer “practised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	practiced	practised	Preference
United States	98	2	“practiced”
United Kingdom	59	41	“practiced”
India	57	43	“practiced”
Philippines	99	1	“practiced”
Canada	83	17	“practiced”
Australia	65	35	“practiced”
Liberia	94	6	“practiced”
Ireland	58	42	“practiced”
New Zealand	63	37	“practiced”
Jamaica	73	27	“practiced”
Trinidad & Tobago	80	20	“practiced”
Guyana	100	0	“practiced”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“practiced”

…John Phillip Kemble had been practiced by Ward's company as early…
…such harsh judgment, and was practiced by doctors such David Ferdinand…
…but the whites settlers, having practiced variolation, were not affected nearly…
…bar the next year, and practiced law in Santa Ana.
…fourth century: paganism was still practiced prominently in Emperor Hadrian's time…
…suggests that he may have practiced medicine.
…inheritance was and is also practiced.
…medical school, Lexington, Kentucky, and practiced medicine in Alabama for three
…this period and was often practiced together with Chan.
…meşk in Turkish and is practiced by present-day calligraphers.

“practised”

…for some time where he practised medicine and continued preaching in…
…up; to achieve this Jack practised his violin day and night…
…revealed as the recitatives were practised, and a run-through of the…
…the Perak executive council, he practised as a lawyer in Ayer…
…brother Edward Burton Gunson (1883–1950) practised as a cardiologist in Auckland
Dittmer practised in Proserpine (1932–1940) and Brisbane…
Sacred prostitution was even once practised by the Miko within traditional,…
…allowed Chinese traditions to be practised freely, without the need of…
He practised to compete at the Olympic…
…real open range ranching was practised in the 1880s.

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