“Sympathized” or “Sympathised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “sympathized” and 3 prefer “sympathised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	sympathized	sympathised	Preference
United States	96	4	“sympathized”
United Kingdom	26	74	“sympathised”
India	42	58	“sympathised”
Philippines	100	0	“sympathized”
Canada	100	0	“sympathized”
Australia	0	100	“sympathised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	0	0	Not enough data
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“sympathized”

…alliances with John A. Macdonald, sympathized with the confederacy and stated…
He sympathized with Stilwell's disgust with Chiang…
…those simply suspected of having sympathized with the movement at some…
…Jesuit scholars on the faculty, sympathized with Galileo's theories, but was…
They too sympathized with the N.L.M.
The Empress sympathized deeply with him and Alexander…
Haq sympathized with the Taliban, stating: "Give…
…Brazil, Chile and Peru - sympathized more or less openly with…
…of her recent accident and sympathized with her.
García López sympathized with the Godesberg Program of…

“sympathised”

…a scheme of comprehension he sympathised.
…unions in Paris, although he sympathised with the players.
…as its director, said Castro sympathised with the ordeal of hibakusha.
Hastings personally sympathised with Mir Jafar and regarded…
…in Australia, as the country sympathised and followed his progress.
…his books show that he sympathised with those who put faith…
…research found that those who sympathised with the EDL tended to…
He also sympathised with those Indian families who…
…regime, the French Resistance generally sympathised with its antifeminism and did…
…CHP nationalists that claimed he sympathised with the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic…

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