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“Recognized” or “Recognised”

Language

Recognized and recognised are both English terms.

Usage

Recognized is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while recognised is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
recognized 98 32 57 98 93 33 100 40 45 76 63 56
recognised 2 68 43 2 7 67 0 60 55 24 37 44

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "recognized" over "recognised" (98 to 2).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a 68 to 32 preference for "recognised" over "recognized".
  • In India, there is a preference for "recognized" over "recognised" (57 to 43).
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "recognized" over "recognised" (98 to 2).
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "recognized" over "recognised" (93 to 7).
  • In Australia, there is a 67 to 33 preference for "recognised" over "recognized".
  • In Liberia, there is a preference for "recognized" over "recognised" (100 to 0).
  • In Ireland, there is a 60 to 40 preference for "recognised" over "recognized".
  • In New Zealand, there is a 55 to 45 preference for "recognised" over "recognized".
  • In Jamaica, there is a preference for "recognized" over "recognised" (76 to 24).
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is a preference for "recognized" over "recognised" (63 to 37).
  • In Guyana, there is a preference for "recognized" over "recognised" (56 to 44).
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use recognized or recognised with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “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

Examples of “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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