“Recognizing” or “Recognising”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 6 prefer “recognizing” and 4 prefer “recognising”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	recognizing	recognising	Preference
United States	99	1	“recognizing”
United Kingdom	24	76	“recognising”
India	60	40	“recognizing”
Philippines	98	2	“recognizing”
Canada	96	4	“recognizing”
Australia	25	75	“recognising”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	36	64	“recognising”
New Zealand	34	66	“recognising”
Jamaica	89	11	“recognizing”
Trinidad & Tobago	66	34	“recognizing”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“recognizing”

…symbols but have no laws recognizing them as official national symbols.
"Receive", addressing the importance of recognizing and admitting one's struggles, and…
They now argued that recognizing the Gay Student Services organization…
At 11:30 am, March 27, recognizing his description from a newspaper…
…lecture on the subject, and, recognizing her leadership potential, Henrietta Szold,…
…very little is gained from recognizing their discrete nature.
Recognizing Holloway's performance as a standout,…
Recognizing the difficulties faced by any…
Although recognizing the catchiness and professional production…
…the Obama administration for not recognizing the de facto Honduran government,…

“recognising”

…Crown in matters spiritual, whilst recognising the status of the Monarch…
…a more pro-Tamil Tiger stance, recognising the Tigers as the sole…
…took it in good humour, recognising it as part of the…
In recognising the importance of his role,…
…(positive, negative, and neutral) - recognising the Neutral class of relationships…
…Sweden's Riksdag passed a motion recognising "as an act of genocide…
…education and training (VET) sector, recognising organisations, registered training organisations and…
…controllers who had more difficulty recognising the British Airways ethnic liveries…
…was named in his honour, recognising his contribution to the city.
Recognising the potential of tourism in…

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