“Summarizes” or “Summarises”

Language

Summarizes and summarises are both English terms.

Usage

Summarizes is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while summarises 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
summarizes	100	19	65	100	100	24	0	0	34	100	0	0
summarises	0	81	35	0	0	76	0	100	66	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "summarizes" over "summarises" (100 to 0).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a 81 to 19 preference for "summarises" over "summarizes".
• In India, there is a preference for "summarizes" over "summarises" (65 to 35).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "summarizes" over "summarises" (100 to 0).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "summarizes" over "summarises" (100 to 0).
• In Australia, there is a 76 to 24 preference for "summarises" over "summarizes".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "summarizes" and "summarises".
• In Ireland, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "summarises" over "summarizes".
• In New Zealand, there is a 66 to 34 preference for "summarises" over "summarizes".
• In Jamaica, there is a preference for "summarizes" over "summarises" (100 to 0).
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "summarizes" and "summarises".
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "summarizes" and "summarises".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use summarizes or summarises with sample sentences.

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