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“Utilization” or “Utilisation”

Utilization is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while utilisation is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 6 prefer “utilization” and 5 prefer “utilisation”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country utilization utilisation Preference
United States 96 4 “utilization”
United Kingdom 40 60 “utilisation”
India 66 34 “utilization”
Philippines 98 2 “utilization”
Canada 18 82 “utilisation”
Australia 43 57 “utilisation”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 48 52 “utilisation”
New Zealand 46 54 “utilisation”
Jamaica 100 0 “utilization”
Trinidad & Tobago 100 0 “utilization”
Guyana 100 0 “utilization”
Usage

Examples in context

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

“utilization”

  • In-situ resource utilization of lunar soil for fuel…
  • …great destructive power, whose full utilization might literally destroy the world;…
  • …reduces cost by increasing infrastructure utilization.
  • …to improve efficiency in the utilization of the relatively small address…
  • …to better understand cost drivers, utilization of services, and quality improvement
  • …to 375% seasonal average electricity utilization efficiency) for the most populated…
  • …greater incentive for the full utilization of the shark.
  • …settings to enhance the safety, utilization, and performance on medical devices,…
  • …of film, photo, phonograph documents, utilization and publication.
  • Improved utilization of raw materials base of…

“utilisation”

  • …more oblique and less literal utilisation of the iconography of the…
  • The automatic utilisation of Gestalt laws allows us…
  • utilisation and efficiency improvements for systems…
  • …management practices and the new utilisation of grain, to tertiary education,…
  • …competitive schedules), this helped increase utilisation of the 727s based at…
  • The Route Utilisation Strategy document makes note of…
  • …introduce efficiency and improve resource utilisation.
  • …there at the time: "Although utilisation of generated heat was going…
  • …achieved because of the poor utilisation of the port so far.
  • …resources presenting a choice of utilisation of the resources.

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