“Standardized” or “Standardised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 7 prefer “standardized” and 4 prefer “standardised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	standardized	standardised	Preference
United States	100	0	“standardized”
United Kingdom	22	78	“standardised”
India	76	24	“standardized”
Philippines	99	1	“standardized”
Canada	97	3	“standardized”
Australia	31	69	“standardised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	23	77	“standardised”
New Zealand	36	64	“standardised”
Jamaica	100	0	“standardized”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“standardized”
Guyana	100	0	“standardized”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“standardized”

Other than regular standardized testing for college admissions, students…
…such as postage stamps and standardized school ethics codes.
…institutions and helped spearhead a standardized, professional evaluation and accreditation system…
…level Core Foundation also provides standardized application preferences management through CFPropertyList,…
…wider project for an international standardized Graph Query Language called GQL.
…a carrier signal at a standardized frequency.
…the 1880s the army finally standardized on a .45 cartridge designed…
…punches and copper matrices became standardized in the rapidly disseminating printing…
…prospective student is administered a standardized test.
…role for the use of standardized oral or vaginal probiotics in…

“standardised”

…fees for state schools and standardised entrance examinations.
…Aleksandrovich Dobroslav has proposed a standardised nomenclature, as reported in the…
…of ORM in combination with standardised relation types with associated roles…
Standardised testing
She also notes that standardised reporting processes and performance indicators…
…warfare with uniformed soldiers carrying standardised weapons is first recorded 4,500…
…styles became simpler and more standardised, as did Punuk art.
…normed hand files have a standardised taper of 2% that equates…
…expressed the importance of a standardised (also called BIPA, literally Indonesian…
SEPA Credit Transfer, a standardised pan-European payment instrument used across…

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