“Summarizing” or “Summarising”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	summarizing	summarising	Preference
United States	100	0	“summarizing”
United Kingdom	21	79	“summarising”
India	51	49	“summarizing”
Philippines	99	1	“summarizing”
Canada	96	4	“summarizing”
Australia	23	77	“summarising”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	42	58	“summarising”
New Zealand	27	73	“summarising”
Jamaica	100	0	“summarizing”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“summarizing”
Guyana	100	0	“summarizing”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“summarizing”

…Human Rights released a report summarizing his findings during his 12–15…
Summarizing a few β2-adrenoceptor agonists and…
…metallic flavor and demented props", summarizing "from their elaborate super-sized costumes…
…deemed Beginnings an artistic failure, summarizing that "The playing is strong…
(2008:843) And later, "In summarizing the current state of knowledge,…
Five Solas, five Latin phrases summarizing the core beliefs of the…
…to a captivating 90 minutes", summarizing it as "an extremely clever…
Summarizing Fisher's characterizations, Yohann Koshy stated…
…aggregate indexes for physical "capital" summarizing equipment and structures of different…
…some verses he was merely summarizing earlier existing literature on astronomy,…

“summarising”

However unlike fanfic, 'overviews' summarising their story, written early in…
Press Release summarising the European Parliament amendments
…"The Liberal Creed" was published summarising his belief in the direction…
…single "could use more steam", summarising with, "Here’s one thing about…
However unlike fanfic, 'overviews' summarising their story, written early in…
…nearly 30,000 volunteers contributing towards summarising research evidence to improve health.
…publishes a separate annual report summarising the occurrence of these species,…
…of Epitomes) is a catalogue summarising part of the library of…
Summarising this information we have
…in translation, and end by summarising their "beauties and defects".

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