“Practices” or “Practises”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	practices	practises	Preference
United States	100	0	“practices”
United Kingdom	97	3	“practices”
India	99	1	“practices”
Philippines	100	0	“practices”
Canada	98	2	“practices”
Australia	97	3	“practices”
Liberia	100	0	“practices”
Ireland	96	4	“practices”
New Zealand	94	6	“practices”
Jamaica	98	2	“practices”
Trinidad & Tobago	97	3	“practices”
Guyana	100	0	“practices”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“practices”

…Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1998", the US accused…
…forced labor services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or…
…directors were involved in fraudulent practices reporting earnings.
…for general skates and hockey practices, and the other for hockey…
…for general use in dental practices.
…in the moral context speculative practices are considered negatively and to…
Here, de Bury describes the practices for circulation control among the…
…of early 19th century farming practices, architecture and building techniques used…
…of health, genetics and breeding practices designed to promote the ongoing…
…paper houses, which are intrinsic practices for Taoists.

“practises”

The Taylor Report into working practises advocated the banning of unpaid…
…communities to ensure fair trade practises and fair wages for the
…is a fake one and practises the techniques described in the
…against the corrupt and tyrannical practises of Sandwich", Baillie resolved to…
…practise the dead man's signature, practises his handwriting and gradually changes…
…feminist theory to understand certain practises of horror films.
Dunn usually practises in The Hartlepool Snooker Centre.
…and the bishop over religious practises in the village.
…the Holocaust, arguing that Nolte practises an even more dangerous form…
…she explains she only ever practises doing her normal routine.

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