“Satirized” or “Satirised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	satirized	satirised	Preference
United States	98	2	“satirized”
United Kingdom	17	83	“satirised”
India	61	39	“satirized”
Philippines	0	0	Not enough data
Canada	100	0	“satirized”
Australia	0	100	“satirised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	0	100	“satirised”
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.

“satirized”

…or word balloons that often satirized problems related to corruption, segregation,…
It was satirized by Robert Smith Surtees:
…Grossberger) The Non-Runner's Book, which satirized the then-popular sport of marathon
…routines; comic singer Allan Sherman satirized Geritol on his 1962 album…
She satirized male double standards concerning women,…
These two works satirized and criticized what he saw…
…program's "top down" approach was satirized in a country song still…
…historical texts, pointing to the satirized Professor Pieixoto as an example…
…theories of inspiration that Swift satirized would continue, side by side,…
The episodes satirized the game's lengthy development; in…

“satirised”

Dickens fiercely satirised various aspects of society, including…
…extent that her actions were satirised by some.
Evelyn Waugh satirised the "bright young things" of…
…recorded close to transmission that satirised the weekly events (1990–1998).
…for the way it mercilessly satirised a children's classic.
The comedian Chris Morris satirised public information films in The…
…Films, a boom-and-bust, which was satirised in Jeffrey Dell's 1939 novel…
…of the movement was also satirised by Punch magazine and in
…the Hampstead Liberal was notoriously satirised by Peter Simple of the…
…Edgar Allan Poe; Poe even satirised the magazine's obsessions in "Loss…

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