“Socializing” or “Socialising”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 6 prefer “socializing” and 4 prefer “socialising”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	socializing	socialising	Preference
United States	97	3	“socializing”
United Kingdom	16	84	“socialising”
India	67	33	“socializing”
Philippines	96	4	“socializing”
Canada	91	9	“socializing”
Australia	23	77	“socialising”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	27	73	“socialising”
New Zealand	31	69	“socialising”
Jamaica	100	0	“socializing”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“socializing”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“socializing”

There is a venue for socializing with less role-playing than is…
The two stopped socializing together over a year before…
…guide dog team: breeding, birthing, socializing, screening, and placing high-potential puppies…
Cedillo's material likened Pleitez's socializing to Animal House and accused…
…allowed Soubise a lifestyle of socializing and fashion.
…in a Swedish town, not socializing with colleagues and interested only…
Sofas for laptop work and socializing
…designated for smoking tobacco and socializing.
…"made a forceful case for socializing the nation's industrial timberlands."
…math problem solving, rather than socializing; the participants are primarily teenage…

“socialising”

…find old acquaintances and restart socialising with them.
…of the tradition, religion, and socialising of the country's people.
…of the barriers to male/female socialising, not without significant culture wars…
The evenings are for socialising: an opportunity to catch up…
Weaver has called politics, "Socialising with a consequence."
…new clothes and go about socialising.
…Memorial (now closed) club for socialising.
Tea drinking allows for socialising with it commonly being served…
…09:00am followed by refreshments and socialising.
…between the Platonic, Rousseauian and socialising goals of education.

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