“Unrecognized” or “Unrecognised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 7 prefer “unrecognized” and 1 prefer “unrecognised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	unrecognized	unrecognised	Preference
United States	98	2	“unrecognized”
United Kingdom	47	53	“unrecognised”
India	76	24	“unrecognized”
Philippines	100	0	“unrecognized”
Canada	95	5	“unrecognized”
Australia	59	41	“unrecognized”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	63	37	“unrecognized”
New Zealand	71	29	“unrecognized”
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.

“unrecognized”

…Artsakh to Armenians) remains internationally unrecognized and a de jure part…
Other unrecognized regions which claim independence include…
Freedom County, Washington, an unrecognized county
…of it is undisclosed or unrecognized in the prior art reference.
(unrecognized state)
…kia cabinda; ) was an unrecognized state located in what is…
"Unrecognized Essence of Democracy," Fortnightly Review,
Beta Chi is an unrecognized fraternity in Oneonta, and was…
…and his device went largely unrecognized until 1916.
First Hellenic Republic, an unrecognized state 1822–1832

“unrecognised”

…efforts in this remained largely unrecognised internationally, until recently.
…of Egypt (1812–1854), Wāli and unrecognised Khedive of Egypt and Sudan
…will play instead in the unrecognised parallel First League of Kosovo…
In the unrecognised state of Transnistria, Moldovan is…
Largely unrecognised states not in ISO 3166-1…
…adherents of the non-canonical and unrecognised Montenegrin Orthodox Church.
…the establishment of the internationally unrecognised Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Irish Republic (1916), a short-lived unrecognised independent state that existed in…
Unrecognised States Numismatic Society
…Declaration of Independence in 1965, unrecognised by the United Kingdom.

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