“Utilizes” or “Utilises”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 6 prefer “utilizes” and 4 prefer “utilises”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	utilizes	utilises	Preference
United States	99	1	“utilizes”
United Kingdom	31	69	“utilises”
India	82	18	“utilizes”
Philippines	99	1	“utilizes”
Canada	58	42	“utilizes”
Australia	32	68	“utilises”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	49	51	“utilises”
New Zealand	0	100	“utilises”
Jamaica	100	0	“utilizes”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“utilizes”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“utilizes”

…he deserves a raise, Dwight utilizes a Lex Luthor quote from…
…the Universe the Grandmaster, who utilizes him as a pawn in…
…the music for the group, utilizes both traditional and newly designed…
…for alpine climbing since it utilizes all aspects of mountaineering: trails,…
…Windows Vista and Windows 7 utilizes a 1 MB partition alignment…
…of Marin Mersenne, this work utilizes the ideas of Ramon Llull…
…antagonist group, the BHB Army, utilizes Gravity Generators to expand dark…
…trends in voter participation and utilizes these trends to motivate nonprofits,…
The T-11 main canopy utilizes a unique deployment sequence to…
…of the IRAC and usually utilizes all the rules stated including…

“utilises”

Belief perseverance A group utilises information in their decision-making that…
The Toccata utilises some Armenian folk melodies and…
Ground training utilises the Defence Training Estate, commercial…
…a mode of acting that utilises what Brecht calls gestus.
…students, and to this end utilises students as 'brand ambassadors' to…
…same lines is Papisa-samama which utilises just six consonants and two…
Telematics 2.0 utilises smartphone based sensors rather than…
…most modern taekwondo styles, hapkido utilises a wide variety of low…
Kruskal's MST algorithm utilises the cycle property of MSTs.
…providing hands-on community support, FRNSW utilises their Twitter profile and Facebook…

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