“Stabilizers” or “Stabilisers”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 7 prefer “stabilizers” and 3 prefer “stabilisers”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	stabilizers	stabilisers	Preference
United States	99	1	“stabilizers”
United Kingdom	29	71	“stabilisers”
India	91	9	“stabilizers”
Philippines	100	0	“stabilizers”
Canada	98	2	“stabilizers”
Australia	49	51	“stabilisers”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	36	64	“stabilisers”
New Zealand	55	45	“stabilizers”
Jamaica	100	0	“stabilizers”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“stabilizers”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“stabilizers”

…continued development of the production stabilizers series Agidol.
…are not regarded as camera stabilizers.
…analysis found, for example, that stabilizers increased the deficit by 32.9%…
…as colorants, coupling agents, UV stabilizers, blowing agents, foaming agents, and…
…mixture of anionic surfactants, foam stabilizers, and solvents including hexylene glycol.
Function as thickeners, extenders, emulsion stabilizers and are exceptional binders in…
If the stabilizers of the geometric points are…
…easily defined to be the stabilizers of a single point and…
…rear gunners or twin vertical stabilizers).
…over that found with mood stabilizers.

“stabilisers”

…ship is equipped with fin stabilisers.
All of them work as stabilisers and activators.
…muscle relaxants, anxiolytics and mood stabilisers.
The tail fin and horizontal stabilisers were found to the left…
…upper fuselage and on the stabilisers' leading edges.
…hull some to enable fin stabilisers to be fitted.
…are catalysts, animal feed supplements, stabilisers, dyes, colourants and pigments, pharmaceutical,…
…she was fitted with Denny-Brown stabilisers.
…the gluteal muscles (hip bone stabilisers) attach.
She had stabilisers that halved the amount she…

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