“Synthesizing” or “Synthesising”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 5 prefer “synthesizing” and 4 prefer “synthesising”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	synthesizing	synthesising	Preference
United States	97	3	“synthesizing”
United Kingdom	33	67	“synthesising”
India	77	23	“synthesizing”
Philippines	99	1	“synthesizing”
Canada	93	7	“synthesizing”
Australia	31	69	“synthesising”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	100	“synthesising”
New Zealand	36	64	“synthesising”
Jamaica	100	0	“synthesizing”
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.

“synthesizing”

…native Indonesian culture reciprocated by synthesizing the two into a combined…
…ability to produce GLA, preferentially synthesizing R-PHM and S-HMM.
…of peer-reviewed theoretical work on synthesizing diamond by mechanically removing/adding hydrogen…
…University, developed a method of synthesizing progesterone from plant steroid sapogenins,…
By synthesizing the sense of touch, the…
Later, the concept of synthesizing sucrose ester from sucrose and…
…auxotroph (a host incapable of synthesizing methionine) in a media rich…
…that where the method of synthesizing the claimed compound requires more…
…F. S. Minimal rules for synthesizing speech.
…electrons from NADPH to oxygen, synthesizing a superoxide, which is a…

“synthesising”

…since Friedrich Wöhler succeeded in synthesising urea from inorganic precursors in
…host cell's DNA and RNA synthesising machinery, and RNA processing machinery.
…I devised a method of synthesising a three kilometre aperture with…
…generate wisdom, which required the "synthesising and contrasting of the knowledge,…
…nature and the cost of synthesising it.
…well developed theory exists for synthesising lumped-element circuits from a given…
…unnatural amino acids is by synthesising a rewritten genome.
The biologic instructions for synthesising protein C in humans are…
…beauty, a deliberate process of synthesising eclectic models, linked to fashions…
…reappraising it's hitherto conventions and synthesising it with the visual syntax…

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