“Recognized” or “Recognised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 8 prefer “recognized” and 4 prefer “recognised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	recognized	recognised	Preference
United States	98	2	“recognized”
United Kingdom	32	68	“recognised”
India	57	43	“recognized”
Philippines	98	2	“recognized”
Canada	93	7	“recognized”
Australia	33	67	“recognised”
Liberia	100	0	“recognized”
Ireland	40	60	“recognised”
New Zealand	45	55	“recognised”
Jamaica	76	24	“recognized”
Trinidad & Tobago	63	37	“recognized”
Guyana	56	44	“recognized”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“recognized”

He is recognized there by his NYPD lunchmates,…
USABA is also recognized as a High Performance Management…
…War II, the Polish government-in-exile recognized the April Constitution in order…
…diving supervision and instruction are recognized by the Health and Safety…
…use of violence, are universally recognized as wrong.
…received critical acclaim; Rolling Stone recognized it as one of the…
All chicken breeds recognized by the American Poultry Association…
It has been widely recognized as being the top program…
UL Recognized Mark (left-italic ЯU)
It was recognized early on that other shapes…

“recognised”

…taken that he no longer recognised journalists he had known for
It was recognised formally as a public secondary…
…the king later apologised and recognised them as saints.
…Secrecy (BoS), a synthpop trio recognised at the time only by…
…from Kenchester; it was probably recognised by Alfred the Great's 'burghal
Inosines are recognised as guanosine by the cells…
…agencies, and develop an internationally recognised centre of excellence for marine…
…into popular usage and is recognised by sociologists such as Douglas
…Blis K12 received GRAS (generally recognised as safe) status from the…
He also recognised the following varieties:

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