“Prioritized” or “Prioritised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	prioritized	prioritised	Preference
United States	98	2	“prioritized”
United Kingdom	18	82	“prioritised”
India	72	28	“prioritized”
Philippines	100	0	“prioritized”
Canada	93	7	“prioritized”
Australia	24	76	“prioritised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	100	“prioritised”
New Zealand	0	100	“prioritised”
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.

“prioritized”

…that their financial future was prioritized over that of the family…
…of domestic energy should be prioritized, solar powered was of the…
…on capitalism and socialism,” LAP prioritized political economic analysis that examined…
…for an Islam which has prioritized women’s rights and equality.
Needs were prioritized and action commenced.
…Secretary, Richard Ballinger, who had prioritized development over conservation.
…for U.S.-Taliban cooperation that she prioritized was through energy.
…the USSR, should be a prioritized, while Isaiah Bowman insisted on…
…his Facebook page that SA prioritized the attainment of a surplus…
However, Britain prioritized the war in Europe against…

“prioritised”

…plot a roadmap for improvement prioritised by those KPAs which will…
…and March 2007, these three prioritised topics were debated at 27…
…2018 census, online participation was prioritised, with paper forms available upon
…outbound world, with their goals prioritised in saving money on utility
…Anand said he "had not prioritised 1.e4" in his preparation.
…ensure that military needs were prioritised.
Three prioritised topics were chosen from a…
…state's centralised economic plan was prioritised over the workers' local economic
It reduced government expenditure, prioritised a return to Budget surplus…
…in the 1990s, as he prioritised other music projects and his…

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