“Urbanized” or “Urbanised”

Language

Urbanized and urbanised are both English terms.

Usage

Urbanized is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while urbanised is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term	US	UK	India	Philippines	Canada	Australia	Liberia	Ireland	New Zealand	Jamaica	Trinidad & Tobago	Guyana
urbanized	98	25	37	100	100	19	0	100	0	0	0	0
urbanised	2	75	63	0	0	81	0	0	0	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "urbanized" over "urbanised" (98 to 2).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a 75 to 25 preference for "urbanised" over "urbanized".
• In India, there is a 63 to 37 preference for "urbanised" over "urbanized".
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "urbanized" over "urbanised" (100 to 0).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "urbanized" over "urbanised" (100 to 0).
• In Australia, there is a 81 to 19 preference for "urbanised" over "urbanized".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "urbanized" and "urbanised".
• In Ireland, there is a preference for "urbanized" over "urbanised" (100 to 0).
• In New Zealand, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "urbanized" and "urbanised".
• In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "urbanized" and "urbanised".
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "urbanized" and "urbanised".
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "urbanized" and "urbanised".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use urbanized or urbanised with sample sentences.

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