“Realizing” or “Realising”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “realizing” and 5 prefer “realising”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	realizing	realising	Preference
United States	92	8	“realizing”
United Kingdom	15	85	“realising”
India	27	73	“realising”
Philippines	83	17	“realizing”
Canada	83	17	“realizing”
Australia	24	76	“realising”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	26	74	“realising”
New Zealand	33	67	“realising”
Jamaica	100	0	“realizing”
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.

“realizing”

Realizing the vast size of the…
…moved down in weight after realizing he was too small for…
Unfortunately not realizing the possible value of said…
Realizing that the hardships of growing…
Realizing a need for up-to-date textbooks…
Realizing that the baby isn't a…
When realizing that there was a lack…
Realizing his wife and daughter are…
Butters and Ike end up realizing how close-minded and complacent they've…
…on returning to Utah and realizing that Ebenezer Beesley was directing…

“realising”

She refused, realising that they only wanted to…
Realising the poor housing conditions and…
However, upon realising they cannot be united in…
…made the critical breakthrough in realising why Laura was not crying,…
…a new scheme of classification, realising the hopes of the Classification…
However, realising that Beatrice needed a place…
Realising they cannot leave, Heath and…
Realising that they had insufficient stores…
…her anger out on her, realising the reason why Reenie was…
…obstacles in the way of realising his plan.

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