“Summarizing” or “Summarising”

Language

Summarizing and summarising are both English terms.

Usage

Summarizing is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while summarising 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
summarizing	100	21	51	99	96	23	0	42	27	100	100	100
summarising	0	79	49	1	4	77	0	58	73	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "summarizing" over "summarising" (100 to 0).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a 79 to 21 preference for "summarising" over "summarizing".
• In India, there is a preference for "summarizing" over "summarising" (51 to 49).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "summarizing" over "summarising" (99 to 1).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "summarizing" over "summarising" (96 to 4).
• In Australia, there is a 77 to 23 preference for "summarising" over "summarizing".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "summarizing" and "summarising".
• In Ireland, there is a 58 to 42 preference for "summarising" over "summarizing".
• In New Zealand, there is a 73 to 27 preference for "summarising" over "summarizing".
• In Jamaica, there is a preference for "summarizing" over "summarising" (100 to 0).
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is a preference for "summarizing" over "summarising" (100 to 0).
• In Guyana, there is a preference for "summarizing" over "summarising" (100 to 0).

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use summarizing or summarising with sample sentences.

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