“Synchronization” or “Synchronisation”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 10 prefer “synchronization” and 0 prefer “synchronisation”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	synchronization	synchronisation	Preference
United States	96	4	“synchronization”
United Kingdom	67	33	“synchronization”
India	84	16	“synchronization”
Philippines	97	3	“synchronization”
Canada	55	45	“synchronization”
Australia	70	30	“synchronization”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	68	32	“synchronization”
New Zealand	71	29	“synchronization”
Jamaica	100	0	“synchronization”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“synchronization”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“synchronization”

…version were reshot with Hindi synchronization sans for the first line…
…under his clothing, maintaining complete synchronization while dancing.
14 //synchronization: all-to-all communication
OMA Data Synchronization and Device Management (a platform-independent…
…using ADO.NET APIs, and built-in synchronization capabilities, as well as support…
…causes the set to lose synchronization.
Task synchronization
…simultaneously, with full sample accurate synchronization, controlled by one Soundscape editing
Enterprises only exist as synchronization platforms where people who produce…
In concurrent programming, synchronization is required when parallel threads…

“synchronisation”

…led to a complete scent synchronisation of his movie “home from…
…chain of intermediate clocks, the synchronisation depends on the path chosen.
…of inherent instability within the synchronisation program.
…on two-sided communication include this synchronisation cost implicitly for every message
…one-way velocity prior to the synchronisation of distant clocks, experiments claiming…
…like a super pipeline with synchronisation and matching.
…total, and five judges for synchronisation.
…if (b1)–(b3) hold then the synchronisation allows us to build a…
…the middle three counting for synchronisation.
…procedure which was called Einstein synchronisation, Darrigol says that Poincaré had…

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