“Realize” or “Realise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 6 prefer “realize” and 5 prefer “realise”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	realize	realise	Preference
United States	96	4	“realize”
United Kingdom	20	80	“realise”
India	41	59	“realise”
Philippines	92	8	“realize”
Canada	82	18	“realize”
Australia	24	76	“realise”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	30	70	“realise”
New Zealand	31	69	“realise”
Jamaica	76	24	“realize”
Trinidad & Tobago	67	33	“realize”
Guyana	60	40	“realize”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“realize”

The thing I didn't realize then, and that I do…
…accepted that he would never realize his early dream of becoming…
…beings, Shin and his friends realize that they overslept and must…
…earth and the attempt to realize this in England in the…
…another immortal has "awakened", they realize someone is onto their secret…
…is the only one to realize that bloodshed only fuels more…
…excites every human mind to realize the truth.
The Japanese delegation did not realize the full ramifications of their…
…and develops it further to realize the effects of diffraction, reflection…
Jimmi begins to realize the similarities between Cherry and…

“realise”

…great effort to understand and realise the reason for which Srila…
…offered a practical means to realise the divine force within which…
Going there they realise that he has eaten two…
…have more impact than you realise", to which Iannucci replied, via…
…livelihoods and fishery scientists who realise that if future fish populations…
…examine the temporal extent we realise there have been two bridges…
…and the late Bridget O'Connor realise the novel is overtly about…
…in 2007, is intended to realise more fully the right guaranteed…
The lovers realise that their dream is over,…
…have to go elsewhere to realise his coaching ambitions.

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