“Unrecognizable” or “Unrecognisable”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	unrecognizable	unrecognisable	Preference
United States	97	3	“unrecognizable”
United Kingdom	31	69	“unrecognisable”
India	55	45	“unrecognizable”
Philippines	100	0	“unrecognizable”
Canada	92	8	“unrecognizable”
Australia	32	68	“unrecognisable”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	39	61	“unrecognisable”
New Zealand	37	63	“unrecognisable”
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
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.

“unrecognizable”

…one-hundred stitches that left him unrecognizable, even to his own family,…
…abandoned line was overgrown and unrecognizable.
…the 20th century would be unrecognizable.
…time, however, they became almost unrecognizable.
…leadership when they recovered the unrecognizable bodies.
…bullet deteriorated into an almost unrecognizable mass of metal upon impact.
Oldman would become transformed and "unrecognizable as himself" to play the…
…amplified until it is virtually unrecognizable.
Now unrecognizable, Joe learns of Sadie's plot.
…un-recognizable and is used for farming.

“unrecognisable”

…where they observed Ryder looking "unrecognisable" from his previous roles.
…attack that his face was unrecognisable and identification of the corpse…
…find that it has become unrecognisable ("The Way Life's Meant to
…the bus, which was almost unrecognisable after the crash.
…disbandments left the district almost unrecognisable.
The body was unrecognisable but her dress, ring and…
…he had led was virtually unrecognisable, as compared with the movement…
…is to find Henry entirely unrecognisable in the physically and morally…
…converted to a cargo motorship, unrecognisable as the former minelayer, entering…
…to the ground" and were unrecognisable.

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