“Realized” or “Realised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	realized	realised	Preference
United States	93	7	“realized”
United Kingdom	19	81	“realised”
India	46	54	“realised”
Philippines	97	3	“realized”
Canada	84	16	“realized”
Australia	24	76	“realised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	26	74	“realised”
New Zealand	31	69	“realised”
Jamaica	77	23	“realized”
Trinidad & Tobago	66	34	“realized”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“realized”

…Tony enter (Mrs. Hardcastle having realized where she is).
…competed in Miss Earth 2005, realized in Manila, Philippines.
…same location, before race officials realized that sparks and debris from…
…importance of DHT was not realized until the early 1960s, when…
…landscape to create a fully realized scene.
…the winner just as Zita realized she had the needed number…
…move was the Franco-British alliance realized in the Dunkirk Treaty in…
…distinguish them, they are typically realized as , though in parts…
Margo, at that point, had realized Casey truly loved Emily, and…
…concept that would later be realized as the Beauty and the…

“realised”

…a "Thomas" who he later realised, upon seeing the deceased Thomas…
Spinoza, however, realised that there may be other…
…as well; this was then realised by ordinance of the Senate…
…his first child that he realised that he was dyslexic.
She then realised that the amount she received…
…the project was not fully realised until after Kūkai's death in
They quickly realised, however, that this went too…
He realised that he had lost his…
…she tells how she has realised that Nazorkoff was in fact…
…or a' representing L-vocalisation, are realised , rather than or as…

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