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“Realizes” or “Realises”

Realizes is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while realises is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country realizes realises Preference
United States 97 3 “realizes”
United Kingdom 20 80 “realises”
India 52 48 “realizes”
Philippines 96 4 “realizes”
Canada 86 14 “realizes”
Australia 25 75 “realises”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 27 73 “realises”
New Zealand 40 60 “realises”
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.

“realizes”

  • Tara realizes that A History of Witchcraft…
  • Nadine realizes Nik has never been in…
  • East realizes that declarer has the last…
  • However, Topple realizes it would wipe out electronic…
  • …fall in love and she realizes about the illness, she walks…
  • However, Poppy quickly realizes that Lord Richard is unusually…
  • …in that episode he ultimately realizes Sarah's true love for Chuck,…
  • (‘’What A Guy’’) Ellie realizes that she and Jeff’s issues…
  • Shawn realizes who stole the ring and…
  • To get Nunu, Grigola realizes that he has to get…

“realises”

  • …title appearing behind her and realises that she can see her…
  • …bed with Bex, and she realises he is using Bex to…
  • After meeting with Leo, he realises that the division had reached
  • Ponnazhagi then realises her sins and apologizes to…
  • …onto Rohan's finger and he realises that Veer is Veera.
  • …but this changes after she realises how much Nicholas needs her.
  • Meanwhile, Yvaine realises she has fallen in love…
  • …in solitary once again, David realises that Georgie suffers from a…
  • …for Mrs Charmond, after Marty realises that Giles loves Grace and…
  • …looking for him, when Bala realises that he is indeed the…

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