“Synchronize” or “Synchronise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	synchronize	synchronise	Preference
United States	98	2	“synchronize”
United Kingdom	53	47	“synchronize”
India	80	20	“synchronize”
Philippines	98	2	“synchronize”
Canada	82	18	“synchronize”
Australia	57	43	“synchronize”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	61	39	“synchronize”
New Zealand	63	37	“synchronize”
Jamaica	89	11	“synchronize”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“synchronize”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“synchronize”

…if it is possible to synchronize all channels on the site…
Often gating is used to synchronize imaging tubes to events whose…
…the field commander's capability to synchronize and de-conflict IRCs in the…
…the electrical impulses and helps synchronize contraction of the cardiac muscles.
To synchronize the disparate source master data,…
…browsing, and the ability to synchronize with the user's computer Firefox…
…of the song served to synchronize the movements of the sailors…
The capability to synchronize maneuver support operations and support…
The associated states synchronize postal services and rates with…
…loops so that she could synchronize her voice to Wood's action.

“synchronise”

…are moving in the aether, synchronise their clocks by means of…
…the clock signal used to synchronise and schedule operations
…Bob passes Alice, they both synchronise their clocks to .
…multicast to be used to synchronise the multiple servers with each…
…mariners on the Thames to synchronise their marine chronometers.
…recording rights and rights to synchronise musical pieces, including the provision…
…Asian Vegetarian Union (AVU) to synchronise within the global context.
…Live Toolbar, the ability to synchronise and share bookmarked web links…
…semaphore instructions are available to synchronise access to such segments.
…a way for musicians to synchronise with film footage.

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