“Regularize” or “Regularise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “regularize” and 4 prefer “regularise”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	regularize	regularise	Preference
United States	92	8	“regularize”
United Kingdom	26	74	“regularise”
India	46	54	“regularise”
Philippines	100	0	“regularize”
Canada	67	33	“regularize”
Australia	0	100	“regularise”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	100	“regularise”
New Zealand	0	0	Not enough data
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.

“regularize”

…(p. 576) « aiming to regularize as many illegal immigrants as…
…it may be necessary to regularize the whitened STA, since whitening…
Regularize zone - optimize stereochemistry.
…Judaism, which helped them to regularize their personal status and thus…
…capital or were unable to regularize the situation within 1 year.
…was sufficiently culturally prevalent to regularize the change.
…government in Crimea wants to regularize the land unofficially taken over…
…to bring about conversions, to regularize illicit unions, to have children…
…the illegal immigrants managed to regularize their status with the Israeli…
…drafted and passed legislation to regularize small-scale squatters on untitled land…

“regularise”

…by the State Government to regularise, and plan in an orderly…
…and 27 January 1953, to regularise administration of the 3 DMZs.
…was given 120 days to regularise them through parliament.
To regularise improper transactions
In an effort to regularise the movement in the eyes…
…can choose to apply to regularise the child's immigration status through…
…of £340,000 and told to "regularise its regulatory framework and existing…
…the merger allowed them to regularise their position.
…which he helped extend and regularise the nascent Raj created by…
…internal border were keen to regularise various pieces of unfinished business…

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