“Terrorized” or “Terrorised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	terrorized	terrorised	Preference
United States	96	4	“terrorized”
United Kingdom	29	71	“terrorised”
India	45	55	“terrorised”
Philippines	100	0	“terrorized”
Canada	88	12	“terrorized”
Australia	35	65	“terrorised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	37	63	“terrorised”
New Zealand	48	52	“terrorised”
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“terrorized”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“terrorized”

He learns that Wade terrorized the local African-American and Mexican…
…Roy-Henry Ringold (Sean Mann), who terrorized Elliot in high school, but…
He and his Dreadnoks terrorized a town in Kansas for…
…to claim that Sternberg was "terrorized".
…and inscrutable stare, which had terrorized his students years before, similarly…
In addition, German U-boats terrorized transatlantic convoys and took heavy…
…strong force with which Styrbjörn terrorized the seas.
…to have always attacked and terrorized the Indonesian National Police.
…for his hot-headed nature, and terrorized the island of Salamis until…
…five years, the same who terrorized the public opinion in order…

“terrorised”

…they engaged in plunder and terrorised the inhabitants.
…Julie believes she is being terrorised by the spirit of her…
…and a village is being terrorised by a beautiful Pontianak, who…
…place in a Highrange village, terrorised by the frequent attacks of…
…came to power and reportedly terrorised much of Manden stealing women…
…stop frequent Manipuri raids that terrorised northwest Burma between the 1720s…
…youth have routinely intimidated and terrorised local Buddhists, as well as…
…a formidable seagoing navy that terrorised the coasts of Bay of…
…the local Polish population was terrorised by pro-German militias Local "Gazeta…
Identical twins who terrorised London during the 1950s and

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