“Regularized” or “Regularised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “regularized” and 2 prefer “regularised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	regularized	regularised	Preference
United States	98	2	“regularized”
United Kingdom	29	71	“regularised”
India	40	60	“regularised”
Philippines	100	0	“regularized”
Canada	100	0	“regularized”
Australia	58	42	“regularized”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
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.

“regularized”

…used for dancing to be regularized into strict tempo despite the…
…well-known learning algorithms such as regularized least squares and support vector
Regularized long-wave equation, a model for…
…coin mints, but was first regularized under Hormizd.
…ownership had still not been regularized.
…a closed regular set or regularized by taking the closure of…
…"on-the-job" efforts, was systematized and regularized.
…and proper nouns became more regularized, perhaps partly to distinguish new…
…Feynman propagators to create a regularized Feynman series.
…solids defined via combinations of regularized boolean operations cannot necessarily be…

“regularised”

…the number of teams was regularised to six for each tournament,…
…House of Commons was progressively regularised.
…game became more organised and regularised.
…of Niger, Kokawa has become regularised to the West African standard.
…to obtain fire clearance, as regularised buildings were exempted.
…welcomed Gregorios Abdal Jaleel, who regularised the canonical ordination of Mar…
…(subjunctive), which were reanalysed and regularised differently in the various daughter
…grazing regime will become more regularised and will be of high
…which are only interpreted and regularised by a geometric ornamental convention.
…over time and evolved a regularised set of features – were…

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