“Victimized” or “Victimised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	victimized	victimised	Preference
United States	98	2	“victimized”
United Kingdom	24	76	“victimised”
India	62	38	“victimized”
Philippines	100	0	“victimized”
Canada	100	0	“victimized”
Australia	25	75	“victimised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	28	72	“victimised”
New Zealand	38	62	“victimised”
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.

“victimized”

…Thorne (Christian Goodwin), is being victimized on a live stream—although at…
…(Sanjay Dutt) is a man victimized by Fate.
Cosey rarely victimized amateur collectors, often stating "I…
…victims should not be further victimized by having them expelled to…
Two brothers are victimized by a weak and jealous…
…to save laypeople from being victimized.
…in pitying language as a victimized homosexual man who is forced…
…voters, and many protesters was victimized in this time.
In that game, he victimized pitchers Kevin Tapani and Rich
…Asian American women who were victimized by an on-duty Oakland police

“victimised”

…in the study reported feeling victimised and stated that they felt…
…active trade unionist, but was victimised as a result, and had…
…immigrants, women are also disproportionately victimised by religion-based scapegoating for natural…
…left-wing coal miner, who was victimised after the UK general strike.
…and that Langalibalele "had been victimised because of his colour".
…claimed its supporters were being victimised only so that it could…
…terrorists arrested by Croats who victimised Croat civilians.
…eats human flesh, how she victimised the inhabitants with her face…
Robinson claimed he had been victimised, and complaints were submitted to…
…around a male who is victimised of domestic abuse.

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