“Summarized” or “Summarised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 5 prefer “summarized” and 4 prefer “summarised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	summarized	summarised	Preference
United States	99	1	“summarized”
United Kingdom	18	82	“summarised”
India	52	48	“summarized”
Philippines	98	2	“summarized”
Canada	94	6	“summarized”
Australia	20	80	“summarised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	26	74	“summarised”
New Zealand	22	78	“summarised”
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“summarized”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“summarized”

…job embeddedness, may be best summarized as a differentiation based on…
Monroe summarized: "While a gentler, more complex…
…They Perform the Impossible was summarized by P.J.
These reagents are summarized in the table below.
…papers, which were extended and summarized in his book A Critique…
…area of natural product chemistry summarized in the first doctorate thesis…
Sturges summarized the film by saying "Love…
…and alleged motivations have been summarized in the Maoist saying "One…
…and their program can be summarized in the following points:
…M. Buchanan in 1986, reportedly summarized the public choice view of…

“summarised”

These were summarised as follows:
Eventually he summarised: "Mammoth is a perfectly decent
…both potent and sympathetic, as summarised by his famous phrase "the…
…titles in the series are summarised as follows.
…seasons have been broadcast, as summarised below.
…eleven areas through various articles summarised as the following:
…SCO UK employee has succinctly summarised, "IXI specialised in software that…
…arrangement of Adenanthos may be summarised as follows:
…Big Brother 15 house are summarised in the table below.
…in the debate can be summarised as follows.

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