“Romanticized” or “Romanticised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	romanticized	romanticised	Preference
United States	91	9	“romanticized”
United Kingdom	32	68	“romanticised”
India	48	52	“romanticised”
Philippines	100	0	“romanticized”
Canada	92	8	“romanticized”
Australia	23	77	“romanticised”
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.

“romanticized”

…Crawford also produced a highly romanticized novel of Stradella's affair and…
…had no boundaries, possibly a romanticized longing by the artist to…
…unconditional praise upon Sevier and romanticized various events in his life.
…community who describe it in romanticized ways.
…experiences, instead of using a romanticized or similarly stylized presentation.
…novel, Mort d'un général, a romanticized version of his thesis on…
…Bel Air, however, belies this romanticized view of slave life.
They were romanticized in adventure novels of the…
In some other songs, Taylor romanticized his life, but he was…
…has been presented: his grandmother's romanticized French image of Tsar Nicholas…

“romanticised”

…Robin Hood and his story romanticised by a Carl Zuckmayer play…
…and historian who wrote two romanticised historical works and a lapidary.
This discussion is largely romanticised and aimed at demonstrating a…
…and their periodical Iduna, a romanticised look back towards Gothicismus.
…also finds a place in romanticised biographies of film actor Prithviraj…
…but at the same time romanticised Marie Antoinette's "sisterly" friendship with…
…Manoeuvres, as works which essentially romanticised the South African Border War…
…by the enemy Whites, was romanticised in the novel The Iron…
…equal of Dickens, wrote a romanticised account of the Pendle witches…
…Audubon and negated the public's romanticised image of him as an…

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