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“Serialized” or “Serialised”

Serialized is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while serialised is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 8 prefer “serialized” and 0 prefer “serialised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country serialized serialised Preference
United States 99 1 “serialized”
United Kingdom 57 43 “serialized”
India 86 14 “serialized”
Philippines 100 0 “serialized”
Canada 100 0 “serialized”
Australia 64 36 “serialized”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 100 0 “serialized”
New Zealand 100 0 “serialized”
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.

“serialized”

  • …controversial when the novel was serialized in Amazing Science Fiction, and…
  • …23, 2002, where it was serialized weekly until its conclusion on…
  • The manga was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump in…
  • is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous…
  • …series, westerns, science fiction and serialized prime time soap operas.
  • …lack of invention and overly serialized production he often showed, compared…
  • …Shuji, published by Enterbrain and serialized in Famitsu Bunko magazine.
  • It was serialized in Galaxy in 1957, with…
  • …in 1902, and Sir Mortimer, serialized in Harper's Monthly magazine from…
  • It was first published in serialized form starting in 1983 in…

“serialised”

  • …to step away from the serialised format, and return much of…
  • …in Satin (1938) — novel (serialised in Woman's Journal as She…
  • …first Tintin adventure to be serialised daily in its entirety.
  • …writing – which were novels serialised through journals in weekly or…
  • …of negating one of these serialised verbs is demonstrated in example…
  • The book was later serialised by Channel 4.
  • …of Control ruled that the serialised extracts of his book were…
  • Its operational videos were serialised in Pyre for Americans in…
  • …transferred to the stage and serialised for television as well as…
  • The story started as a serialised comic strip by Nerissa Cabral.

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