“Visualized” or “Visualised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	visualized	visualised	Preference
United States	98	2	“visualized”
United Kingdom	37	63	“visualised”
India	57	43	“visualized”
Philippines	98	2	“visualized”
Canada	93	7	“visualized”
Australia	33	67	“visualised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	40	60	“visualised”
New Zealand	0	100	“visualised”
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.

“visualized”

This siftUp version can be visualized as starting with an empty…
…40% (as it has been visualized above).
A single fluorophore can be visualized under a microscope (or even…
Their dialogue is visualized with speech bubbles, in text…
Invadopodia are generally visualized by the holes they create…
…describe the patriarchy society and visualized the damage to women from…
…1:500 scale is thus correctly visualized from the perspective of a…
…of the protein have been visualized.
This relationship can be visualized through a Hammett plot.
…an extra step to produce visualized signals that requires use of…

“visualised”

The resulting model is visualised as a block model.
He visualised a new breed of warship,…
The site surveyed and visualised residents' experiences of noise, convenience,…
…anywhere in either direction was visualised, sourced from the Northern Pennines…
…structure and identity to be visualised in a manner familiar to…
Nataraja has been visualised in variety of forms by…
This is visualised by the new line starting…
He visualised a new breed of warship…
…IPCC, depending upon the scenario visualised, the projected global average surface…
This aspect is visualised with the F-diagram where all…

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