“Traumatized” or “Traumatised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 7 prefer “traumatized” and 4 prefer “traumatised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	traumatized	traumatised	Preference
United States	98	2	“traumatized”
United Kingdom	37	63	“traumatised”
India	58	42	“traumatized”
Philippines	96	4	“traumatized”
Canada	94	6	“traumatized”
Australia	32	68	“traumatised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	35	65	“traumatised”
New Zealand	40	60	“traumatised”
Jamaica	100	0	“traumatized”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“traumatized”
Guyana	100	0	“traumatized”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“traumatized”

…second occasion, however, Balder is traumatized by the experience as he…
…the manner of her death traumatized Ba Jin for the rest…
…relocated to Austria after being traumatized by the September 11 terrorist…
…the attack in advance and traumatized his victims and the community,…
…kitten with wings, isolated and traumatized.
…which explains that he was traumatized as a child in Lithuania…
…therapist gives signs of being traumatized by the patient, it is…
…less bloody than Sulla's, it traumatized Roman society.
…in those who treat the traumatized, 51-81.
…she wrote about Jewish immigrants traumatized by pogroms in their homelands.

“traumatised”

Factors that traumatised the "upstairs" children include learning…
Storrar became traumatised as a result of his…
…to restore order amongst the traumatised inmates, though Sonia remains aloof…
…stories, which have left them "traumatised and isolated - shunned by…
…shock in telling of a traumatised Welsh First World War returnee…
…the Blitz, Londoners, no longer traumatised by nightly raids, were growing…
Possibly as she was too traumatised to resume a role in…
…Jeanette Fitzsimons saying the raids traumatised the local population.
…disabled son Naren, who is traumatised after his lover "Ahaana"'s death.
Traumatised further when her marriage breaks…

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