“Specializations” or “Specialisations”

Language

Specializations and specialisations are both English terms.

Usage

Specializations is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while specialisations is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term	US	UK	India	Philippines	Canada	Australia	Liberia	Ireland	New Zealand	Jamaica	Trinidad & Tobago	Guyana
specializations	100	61	85	100	97	45	0	100	49	0	0	0
specialisations	0	39	15	0	3	55	0	0	51	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "specializations" over "specialisations" (100 to 0).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a preference for "specializations" over "specialisations" (61 to 39).
• In India, there is a preference for "specializations" over "specialisations" (85 to 15).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "specializations" over "specialisations" (100 to 0).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "specializations" over "specialisations" (97 to 3).
• In Australia, there is a 55 to 45 preference for "specialisations" over "specializations".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "specializations" and "specialisations".
• In Ireland, there is a preference for "specializations" over "specialisations" (100 to 0).
• In New Zealand, there is a 51 to 49 preference for "specialisations" over "specializations".
• In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "specializations" and "specialisations".
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "specializations" and "specialisations".
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "specializations" and "specialisations".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use specializations or specialisations with sample sentences.

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