“Sympathizes” or “Sympathises”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “sympathizes” and 2 prefer “sympathises”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	sympathizes	sympathises	Preference
United States	94	6	“sympathizes”
United Kingdom	0	100	“sympathises”
India	56	44	“sympathizes”
Philippines	100	0	“sympathizes”
Canada	100	0	“sympathizes”
Australia	0	100	“sympathises”
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.

“sympathizes”

Regardless, Selena eventually sympathizes with Brewer and admits that…
Carmen sympathizes with Sergio's marital collapse, not…
…live with her as she sympathizes with them having suffered a…
…views are far-right, and he sympathizes with ONR and other Polish…
…Russian revolutionaries with whom Varvara sympathizes, and predicts that in future…
…to kill him, Luke nonetheless sympathizes with his currently-strained relationship with…
…sensations, and that the mind sympathizes with the body, and is…
Brody sympathizes with Arthur because the young…
He sympathizes with the predicaments of Sameer,…
She sympathizes with him and partially reclaims…

“sympathises”

If the reader sympathises with Prometheus or Satan, he…
Telis's older brother, Manolis, sympathises with Antigone.
…Second World War his family sympathises with the Germans.
…hears about the situation and sympathises with Ted, because he had…
…evokes the horseman's prowess, and sympathises with his widow, but it…
…a nineteen-year-old son of Hermes, sympathises with Percy, telling him that…
…is the only one who sympathises.
…of Alfred's people, and she sympathises with his grief.
…of which belonged to Royalist sympathises), and some 15 men, and…
…a former refugee from Russia, sympathises with the young man.

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