“Synchronized” or “Synchronised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 9 prefer “synchronized” and 1 prefer “synchronised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	synchronized	synchronised	Preference
United States	98	2	“synchronized”
United Kingdom	48	52	“synchronised”
India	80	20	“synchronized”
Philippines	97	3	“synchronized”
Canada	96	4	“synchronized”
Australia	50	50	No clear preference
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	60	40	“synchronized”
New Zealand	58	42	“synchronized”
Jamaica	94	6	“synchronized”
Trinidad & Tobago	90	10	“synchronized”
Guyana	100	0	“synchronized”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“synchronized”

This enables watches to be synchronized to the precise second.
…1989) is a North Korean synchronized swimmer.
Universal Music observed synchronized dance routines to become "synonymous…
The synchronized swimming team won three championships…
Once they are synchronized, she will have 200% as…
The music was synchronized to bucolic scenes of a…
…music, sound effects, and some synchronized singing.
The Men's 10m Synchronized Platform event at the 2010…
…were projected by three electronically synchronized projectors onto a huge curved
…to keep the two cylinders synchronized and to make sure that…

“synchronised”

…a former Japanese competitor in synchronised swimming.
…considered unsafe to fire from synchronised Vickers guns.
…and clock 2 are not synchronised directly, but by using a…
…September 1998) is a Brazilian synchronised swimmer.
Synchronised swimming at the 2015 Southeast…
…act two and touchingly sing synchronised for the first time of…
Category:Olympic synchronised swimmers of Great Britain
…Centre, hosting diving, swimming and synchronised swimming.
Category:Olympic synchronised swimmers of Australia
…and several female dancers performed synchronised moves in front of the…

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