“Sanitized” or “Sanitised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 7 prefer “sanitized” and 3 prefer “sanitised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	sanitized	sanitised	Preference
United States	99	1	“sanitized”
United Kingdom	44	56	“sanitised”
India	77	23	“sanitized”
Philippines	99	1	“sanitized”
Canada	97	3	“sanitized”
Australia	44	56	“sanitised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	53	47	“sanitized”
New Zealand	43	57	“sanitised”
Jamaica	100	0	“sanitized”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“sanitized”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“sanitized”

"Sanitized Generation"
…the incident to relate more sanitized versions to investigators.
…as Słowianki, but the Communist sanitized image of folk music made…
…Paul released an album of "sanitized" music, Mixed Live Tall Paul.
…that this report is highly sanitized.
…contrast with the staid and sanitized city-state he has left behind.
…precisely the kind of dishonest, sanitized no-help-to-anyone TV-movie version of death…
…has been heavily criticized as "sanitized violence".
…the show, in a chaste, sanitized, and unexciting performance.
In 1949, a sanitized biopic, appropriately titled Look for…

“sanitised”

…is so clinically made and sanitised."
…which took over both a sanitised indoor space and the idyllic…
…suckling can be restricted to sanitised areas to lower the risk…
…Come the Girls", "Electro Hetero", "Sanitised" and "Human Racing".
…and that its use of sanitised language was particularly noteworthy.
"Sanitised" – 7:05
…the historical Leicester was partly sanitised by the transfer of some…
…candidly would have to be sanitised in series 2, however, as…
A sanitised version of the death of…
…holding records to be completely sanitised.

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