“Specializing” or “Specialising”

Language

Specializing and specialising are both English terms.

Usage

Specializing is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while specialising 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
specializing	98	14	71	97	93	18	0	19	25	0	0	0
specialising	2	86	29	3	7	82	0	81	75	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "specializing" over "specialising" (98 to 2).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a 86 to 14 preference for "specialising" over "specializing".
• In India, there is a preference for "specializing" over "specialising" (71 to 29).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "specializing" over "specialising" (97 to 3).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "specializing" over "specialising" (93 to 7).
• In Australia, there is a 82 to 18 preference for "specialising" over "specializing".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "specializing" and "specialising".
• In Ireland, there is a 81 to 19 preference for "specialising" over "specializing".
• In New Zealand, there is a 75 to 25 preference for "specialising" over "specializing".
• In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "specializing" and "specialising".
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "specializing" and "specialising".
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "specializing" and "specialising".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use specializing or specialising with sample sentences.

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