“Prioritizing” or “Prioritising”—What's the difference?

“Prioritizing” or “Prioritising”

Language

Prioritizing and prioritising are both English terms.

Usage

Prioritizing is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while prioritising 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
prioritizing	98	19	72	97	94	23	0	31	30	0	0	0
prioritising	2	81	28	3	6	77	0	69	70	0	0	0

In the United States, there is a preference for "prioritizing" over "prioritising" (98 to 2).
In the United Kingdom, there is a 81 to 19 preference for "prioritising" over "prioritizing".
In India, there is a preference for "prioritizing" over "prioritising" (72 to 28).
In the Philippines, there is a preference for "prioritizing" over "prioritising" (97 to 3).
In Canada, there is a preference for "prioritizing" over "prioritising" (94 to 6).
In Australia, there is a 77 to 23 preference for "prioritising" over "prioritizing".
In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "prioritizing" and "prioritising".
In Ireland, there is a 69 to 31 preference for "prioritising" over "prioritizing".
In New Zealand, there is a 70 to 30 preference for "prioritising" over "prioritizing".
In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "prioritizing" and "prioritising".
In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "prioritizing" and "prioritising".
In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "prioritizing" and "prioritising".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use prioritizing or prioritising with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “prioritizing”

…lazy and a terrible coward, prioritizing and making sandwiches above all
…includes tasks such as planning, prioritizing and decision making.
…competency center in healthcare involves prioritizing information needs, creating data governance…
…who needed help the most, prioritizing and allocating medical aid, food…
…carry out surveys through Vestfold, prioritizing it higher than the surveys…
4279) was known as Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual…
…Bucharest, creating an infrastructure for prioritizing public transport over other traffic…
…committee's activities eventually morphed into prioritizing targets for early imaging satellite
…the emphasis from storytelling to prioritizing toy merchandising.
…nonsense to speak of "emphatically prioritizing the social over the individual,"

Examples of “prioritising”

…the more urgent cases by prioritising them.
…for their own partner, while prioritising traits that provide benefits to…
…to the tragic incidents were prioritising the safety of festival attendees.
…for the precinct along with prioritising any future development.
…of the "Second Wave" groups prioritising urban action with no specific…
…regular basis after ten years prioritising boxing.
…library's ongoing digitisation project is prioritising Bordeaux heritage, as well as…
VVD has supported prioritising security over civil liberties.
…to use faith criteria in prioritising pupils for admission to the
…result of the US Navy prioritising deliveries to its forces fighting…

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